The 1852 overland migration was the largest on record, with numbers swelled by Oregon-bound settlers as well as hordes of gold-seekers destined for California.
It also was a year in which cholera took a terrible toll in lives.
Presented here are firsthand accounts of this fateful year, including the words and thoughts of a young married couple, Mary Ann and Willis Boatman.
Washington State University Press Surviving the oregon trail, 1852, hardcover/weldon willis rau
