The prairie my great-great-great grandfather crossed with his new bride and her entourage of immediate family most likely seemed an unending landscape of dust, dirt, and scorching sun. He had ridden across this unforgiving territory once on horseback. Now he led his unsuspecting in-laws. While the account of the Hills wagon train of 1851 is […]
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Fort Umpqua–A Trip Back in Time
Over Labor Day weekend, my family attended Fort Umpqua Days in Elkton, Oregon. A two-day roster of activities waited; a reenactment of life as it existed at the original fort. Demonstrations of leather tooling and metal works at a forge were manned by volunteers. An authentic trading post was open for inspection. A cannon fired […]