WEB PAGES
- Oregon-California Trails Association
- Oregon Trail 101
- Oregon National Historic Trail, National Park Service
- National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center – History and Educational Resources, Bureau of Land Management
- Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series
- National Oregon/California Trail Center
- Pathways of the Pioneers – Idaho Public Television
DIARIES, JOURNALS, MEMOIRS
- Webber, Bert. Comprehensive index to Oregon trail diaries. Medford, Oregon: Webb Research Group: Distributed by Pacific Northwest Books Co., 1991.
- The Oregon-California Trail: Exploration and emigrant journeys: A guide to first-hand accounts found in the Boise Public Library collection, and Bibliography: The Oregon-California Trail: Sources in the Boise Public Library Collection (PDF). Boise, Idaho: Boise Public Library, 199*?
- Beard, John W. Saddles east; horseback over the Old Oregon Trail. Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort, 1949.
- Beeson, Welborn; Introduction and comments by Bert Webber. The Oregon & Applegate trail diary of Welborn Beeson in 1853: the unabridged diary. Medford, Oregon: Webb Research Group: Distributed by Pacific Northwest Books Co., 1987.
- Gildemeister, Jerry. A letter home. Union, Oregon: Bear Wallow Pub. Co.,1987.
- Gregory, Kristiana. Across the wide and lonesome prairie: the Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell. New York: Scholastic, 1997.
- Holmes, Kenneth L., ed. Covered wagon women: diaries & letters from the western trails. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1983.
- Left by the Indians; or, Rapine, massacre and cannibalism on the overland trail in 1860; the personal narrative of Emeline L. Fuller…New York: E. Eberstadt, 1936.
- Masterson, Martha Gay. One woman’s West: recollections of the Oregon Trail and settling the Northwest country. Eugene, OR: Spencer Butte Press, 1990.
- Morgan, Dale, ed. Overland in 1846; diaries and letters of the California-Oregon Trail. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1993.
- Page, Elizabeth. Wagons west; a story of the Oregon trail. New York: Farrar Rinehart, Inc., 1930.
- Stuart, Robert. The discovery of the Oregon trail; Robert Stuart’s narratives of his overland trip eastward… New York & London: Scribner, 1935.
- The 1854 Oregon Trail diary of Winfield Scott Ebey. edited by Susan Badger Doyle and Fred W. Dykes. Independence, Missouri: Oregon-California Trails Association, 1997.
- The Oregon & California trail diary of Jane Gould in 1862: the unabridged diary. Medford, Oregon: Webb Research Group, distributed by Pacific Northwest Books Co., 1987.
- The Oregon & Overland Trail diary of Mary Louisa Black in 1865. Medford, Oregon: Webb Research Group, 1989.
- The Oregon Trail diary of Rev. Edward Evans Parrish in 1844: the unabridged diary. Medford, Oregon: Web Research Group, 1988.
- The Oregon Trail diary of twin sisters Cecilia Adams and Parthenia Blank in 1852. Medford, Oregon: Webb Research Group, 1990.
- Oregon Trail Diaries. Medford, Oregon: Webb Research Group, 2011.
- Ridge, Martin, editor. Westward Journeys: memoirs of Jesse A. Applegate and Lavinia Honeyman Porter who traveled the Overland Trail. Chicago, Illinois: Lakeside Press, 1989.
- This emigrating company: the 1844 Oregon Trail journal of Jacob Hammer. Spokane, Washington: A.H. Clark Co., 1990.
- Webber, Bert. The Oregon Trail diary of James Akin, Jr. in 1852: the unabridged diary with introduction and contemporary comments. Medford, Oregon: Webb Research Group, 1989.
HISTORY
- A guide to the Oregon Trail in Southwest Idaho. Boise, Idaho: Bureau of Land Management, Boise District, 1992?
- Brown, Jennie Broughton. Fort Hall on the Oregon trail: a historical study. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1932.
- Butruille, Susan G; artwork by Kathleen Peterson. Women’s voices from the Oregon Trail : the times that tried women’s souls, and a guide to women’s history along the Oregon Trail. Boise, Idaho: Tamarack Books, 1994.
- Carlson, Kim. Traces of the Oregon Trail. Seattle, Washington: Sasquatch Books, 1993.
- Clark, Keith and Lowell Tiller. Terrible trail: the Meek Cutoff, 1845. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1966.
- Coffman, Lloyd W. Blazing a wagon trail to Oregon: a weekly chronicle of the Great Migration of 1843. Enterprise, Oregon: Echo Books, 1993.
- Dary, David. The Oregon Trail: an American saga. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
- Dykes, Fred W. Jeffrey’s Cutoff: Idaho’s forgotten Oregon Trail route (now known as Hudspeth’s Cutoff). Pocatello, Idaho: Fred W. Dykes, 1995.
- Eide, Ingvard Henry. Oregon Trail. Chicago, Illinois: Rand McNally, 1973.
- Evans, John W. Powerful Rockey: the Blue Mountains and the Oregon Trail, 1811-1883. La Grande, Oregon: Eastern Oregon State College, 1991.
- Fanselow, Julie. The traveler’s guide to the Oregon Trail. Helena, Montana: Falcon Press, 1992.
- Franzwa, Gregory M. Maps of the Oregon Trail. St. Louis, Missouri: Patrice Press, 1990.
- Franzwa, Gregory. The Oregon Trail revisited. St. Louis, Missouri: Patrice Press, 1972.
- Ghent, W.J. The road to Oregon, a chronicle of the great emigrant trail. London, New York: Longmans, Green 1929.
- Haines, Aubrey I. Historic sites along the Oregon Trail. Gerald, Missouri: Patrice Press, 1981, 1983.
- Hawes, Harry Bartow. The covered wagon … Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1930.
- Helfrich, Devere, compiler; Helen Helfrich; Thomas Hunt ; maps by Herman Zittel ; photographs by Helen Helfrich, Betsy Washburn, and Paul Houghton. Emigrant Trails West: a guide to trail markers placed by Trails West, Inc. along the California, Applegate, Lassen, and Nobles’ emigrant trails in Idaho, Nevada, and California. Reno, Nevada: Trails West, 1984.
- Hixon, Adrietta Applegate; edited by Waldo Taylor. On to Oregon! : a true story of a young girl’s journey into the west. Weiser, Idaho: Signal-American Printers, 1947.
- Hope, Arthur C. Hudspeth cutoff: Idaho’s legacy of wheels. Idaho Falls, Idaho: Bookshelf binder and Press, 1990.
- Hutchinson, Daniel J. Bois. Emigrant trails of Southern Idaho. Idaho?: Bureau of Land Management: Idaho State Historical Society, 1993.
- McCartney, Laton. Across the Great Divide : Robert Stuart and the discovery of the Oregon Trail. New York: Free Press, 2003.
- Meacham, Walter E. Applegate Trail. Portland, Oreonon, 1947.
- Murphy, Don. Oregon Trail: voyage of discovery. Las Vegas, Nevada:KC Publications, 1991.
- Nicholas, Jonathan. On the Oregon Trail. Portland, Oregon: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co. 1992.
- Oregon Trail in Idaho: and other emigrant trails. Boise, Idaho: Idaho State Travel Council; Idaho State Bureau of Land Management, 1992.
- Pioneer journal: trails of hope and destiny; the Oregon Trail, 1843-1993.
- Rucker, Maude A. The Oregon Trail and some of its blazers. New York: W. Neale, 1930.
- Shannon, Donald H. The Boise Massacre on the Oregon Trail: attack on the Ward Party in 1854 and massacres of 1859. Caldwell, Idaho: Snake Country Pub., 2004.
- Shannon, Donald H. The Utter disaster on the Oregon Trail Volume II: the Utter and Van Ornum massacres of 1860. Caldwell, Idaho: Snake Country Pub., 1993.
- Steber, Rick; illustrations by Don Gray. Oregon Trail souvenir book. Prineville, Oregon: Bonanza Pub., 1992.
- Symms, William R. Guide to the Oregon and California Trails in Idaho. Eagle, Idaho: W.R. Symms, M.P. Delisio, 1992.
- The Oregon trail is still alive: the 1995 photographic retracing of the 1853 trail by Ken and Laura Jones. Carlsborg, Washington: Systems, CO, 1997.
- The Oregon Trail, yesterday and today: a brief history and pictorial journey along the wagon tracks of the pioneers. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1987.
- Wagon wheels: a contemporary journey on the Oregon Trail. Glendo, Wyoming: High Plains Press, 1996.
- Wagons west, 1843; Old Oregon Trail Centennial, 1943. Salem, Oregon: Old Oregon Trail Centennial Commission, 1943.
REPORTS
- Drew, Charles S. Communication from C.S. Drew, late Adjutant of the Second Regiment of Oregon Mounted Volunteers, Giving an Account of the Origin and Early Prosecution of the Indian War in Oregon. Public documents, Oregon Indian war, 1855-56 – 36th Congress, 1st session, Senate, Mis. doc. no. 59. Washington, D.C.: Government Publishing Office, 1860. https://digital.osl.state.or.us/islandora/object/osl:79809. Oregon State Library. Accessed April 9, 2019.
This page was updated by Ronnie Joiner on December 3, 2020.