OxTeam Days On The Oregon Trail Author:Ezra Meeker Originally published in 1922. PREFACE: The Oregon Trail - what suggestions the name carries of the heroic toil of pioneers! Yet a few years ago the route of the trail was only vaguely known. Then public interest was awakened by the report that one of the very men who had made the trip to Oregon in the old days was traversing the trail once more,... more » moving with ox team and covered wagon from his home in the state of Washington, and marking the old route as he went. The man with the ox team was Ezra Meeker. He went on to the capital, where Mr Roosevelt, then president met him with joy.......Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.« less