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WO 155538-E
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Copy of customer print. Ezra Meeker and covered wagon on parade in Portland. Photograph is captioned "EZRA MEEKER, With Dave and Covered Wagon, in Portland." "Dave" was an enormous ox, measuring nearly six feet at the shoulder. This picture of an ox-driven covered wagon was probably taken during Meeker's long 22-month journey over the Oregon Trail onward to Washington D.C. and back starting in 1906. He wanted to stir interest in the preservation of the Oregon Trail and was greeted by tremendous crowds throughout his trip. He was one of the first Northwest pioneers in the early 1850's and had platted Puyallup in 1877. In 1924, the 94-year-old Meeker was to fly from Puget Sound to Dayton, Ohio, in three days; it had taken him months by covered wagon in 1852. Photograph ordered by Washington State Historical Society. (Harvey: Tacoma Headlines, p. 64, 67) TPL-5688
Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928; Covered wagons--Oregon--Portland; Horses--Oregon--Portland; Cattle--Oregon; Pioneers; Westward movement;