If you are interested in Oregon History first-hand accounts, the Gutenberg project has posted a book right up your alley. Ezra Meeker's book, The Ox-Team Days on the Old Oregon Trail, first published in 1922, is now available for free download at http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4381. Meeker took the Columbia river, while his friends took the Barlow Road route, so this book doesn't mention Philip Foster, Eagle Creek, or Laurel Hill, but it's a good primer on the hardships of the trail and the promotion that went into keeping it "famous" after its use was superseded by railroads. Saturday, November 7, 2009
Ezra Meeker's Book available online
If you are interested in Oregon History first-hand accounts, the Gutenberg project has posted a book right up your alley. Ezra Meeker's book, The Ox-Team Days on the Old Oregon Trail, first published in 1922, is now available for free download at http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4381. Meeker took the Columbia river, while his friends took the Barlow Road route, so this book doesn't mention Philip Foster, Eagle Creek, or Laurel Hill, but it's a good primer on the hardships of the trail and the promotion that went into keeping it "famous" after its use was superseded by railroads. 
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