0.01 Linear Feet, Summary: 1/4 in. (1 item in 1 folder)
Creator
Parrish, Edward Evans, 1791-1874
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Typescript copy of the diary of Reverend Edward Evans Parrish, a native of Monongalia County, West Virginia, written during
a journey to the Oregon territory from 1843 to 1845. The diary begins in October 1843 when Parrish and his group left Hoskinsville,
Morgan County, Ohio, and ends in July 1845. Diary is twenty-seven pages and chiefly consists of brief entries. Parrish primarily
describes their route west along the Oregon Trail, including the rivers they crossed and other geographical features along
the way. Other topics include the weather and heavy rains impeding their journey; moving up cattle and horses; animals on
the prairie, including antelopes and buffalo; hunting buffalo; encounters with Native Americans; the health of his family
and others in the camp; activities in the camps; the organization of the camps; and their arrival in Oregon City in December
1844. Transcript was made from a copy of the diary printed in the Transactions of the Sixteenth Annual Reunion of the Oregon Pioneer Association , 1888.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Edward Evans Parrish (1791-1874), Oregon Trail Diary, A&M 0093, West
Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Reverend Edward Evans Parrish was born in 1791 and raised in Monongalia County, West Virginia. He married Elizabeth Bussey
(d. 1826) in 1814 and had six children. In 1827, he married Rebecca Maple (d. 1880), with whom he also had six children. In
October 1843, Reverend Parrish left Monongalia County, West Virginia, and traveled west to Oregon territory. Parrish died
in 1874.
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