Notes on the Applegate Trail.


Blazing the Trail
And the first parties over the route.

Bancroft's Account
His 1886 assessment of the controversies.

Abraham Henry Garrison
Inaugurating the trail at fourteen years of age.

Tolbert Carter
Over the trail in 1846.

Daniel Toole
Over the trail in 1846 and back again.

The Canyon
In 1846 it was the worst place on earth.

On the Trail
Those following the trail in less-noted years.

The Preacher Train
Emigrants on the Southern Route in 1853.

William Hoffman's Diary
With the Preacher Train in 1853.

John Murray Mickey Diary
Crossing in 1854.

Ben Wright
Hero and villain.