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Albert Jerome Dickson was fourteen years old in 1864 when he left LaCrosse, Wisconsin, in a small caravan of covered wagons headed for Montana Territory. Thousands of emigrants had preceded him on the Oregon Trail, but none ever described the journey in sharper detail. Covered Wagon Days recreates the daily progress of Dickson's party, which included his guardians, Joshua and Rebecca Ridgley. The logistics of such a trip, the sights along a trail marked by ruts and fresh graves, the rigors of camping, the encounters with Indians and returning pilgrims and vigilantes running after road agents—all figure in Dickson's memoir. The payoff for the Ridgleys is not the gold being discovered in the mountains near Virginia City but a fine farm in Gallatin Valley. As vivid as any novel about the Oregon Trail and pioneering in the Northwest, Covered Wagon Days, first published in 1929, is based on journals and materials that were edited by the author's son, Arthur Jerome Dickson.
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Michael OHanlan
reviewed Covered Wagon Days: From the Private Journals of Albert Jerome Dickson on May 14, 2019 Covered Wagon Days: From the Private Journals of Albert Jerome Dickson
This journal of a young man's two year, 4,500 mile expedition is fun to read. I learned many details about taking the trails, the settlers' fears, and the American Indians. My favorite part is where he says, "We therefore decided to lay over the next day. It would be a pleasant place to spend the fourth." Dickson is talking about spending the 4th of July at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, a tradition practiced by my family every Independence Day. In addition to raising the flag and shooting the cannon, the fort also offers hard tack and sarsaparilla, a greased pole climb contest, a three legged race and 50 yard dash, and demonstrations of fort life in the olden days. Unlike many journals, Covered Wagon Days demonstrates proficient writing, with geographic and chronological recordings that seem to be accurate.
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