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.
Applewood Books Ox-team days, paperback/ezra meeker
