From the Book - First edition
Missionaries lead the way
With the wagons to the Pacific
Appendix: Monuments and markers
Illustrations: Emigrant train in the Rocky Mountains / F.F. Palmer, 1866
Court House Square, Independence, Missouri
Rev. [Reverend] Jason Lee
Methodist Mission at the Dalles
Statue of Marcus Whitman / on the facade of the Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia
Whitman's mission at Waiilatu in 1843
Fort Boisé / Osborne Cross, 1849
The corral [wagons circled]
Emigrant train crossing Nebraska
Main building of the Shawnee Mission, near Westport, Missouri
Distant view of Devil's Gate / Osborne Cross, 1849
Independence Rock / Cross, 1849
Outer view of Fort Hall / Cross, 1849
Inner view of Fort Hall / Cross
Descent after leaving the Blue Mountains / Cross
Emigrants crossing the South Platte River
Emigrants crossing the Green River
Troops guarding the overland mail
An overloaded Concord coach
Tracks of the Trail in western Wyoming
A modern highway parallels the old Trail / Charles P. Berkey.
Maps: Central trails to the Pacific.