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In 1852, Ezra Meeker, his wife, and baby traveled along the Oregon Trrail by ox-cart from Iowa to Oregon. In 1906, he reversed his steps and went back to Iowa. In 1915, he went by car, and, later, even flew over the trail in a plane. He spent most of his ninety-eight years promoting the Oregon trail and founded the Oregon Trail Association. In 1922, he published ""Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail,"" an outstanding memoir of his many days along the trail.
Synopsis
Ezra Meeker's love affair with the Oregon Trail began in 1852 when he travelled it by ox-cart from Iowa to Oregon. After traversing it again by car and even flying over it in an airplane, he founded the Oregon Trail Association and wrote this memoir, first published in 1922.