Dear Trail Journal,
My name is Lily Smith. I am six and have two older sisters. Carmelita, and Margurite. They're twins and are both ten. Our daddy died three years ago. Mommy cooks and we help her. That's how we paid to go to Oregon. Our wagon driver is Nathanail. I have a teddy bear named Ally. She's brown and I have a little vest for her. It's blue and has little slippers. ...Alyssa, grade 5

Dear Journal,
My name is Annabell. I am 4 years old. Me, my mom Anna 37, and my 3 year old sister are going on the Oregon Trail. We hired a scary wagon driver. My sister and I are very scared of him. My grandpa is 72 years old. His name is Stuart. He is going to meet us at Oregon City, but first he is going to Washington to ask the President if Oregon will become a state. (Right now it belongs to another country.) After that we might go to California. ...Sella

My name is Laila. I am eighteen. My sisters name is Dakota. She is seventeen. There is an old man named John that drives the wagon. He is forty-one. He was hired to take us to Oregon. ...Jackie

My family is Jimmy he's the doctor and there's Billy bob he's the gun smith and there's me lila I'm the artist. One of funniest things to do on the trip is go fishing-- well in my case it is. Billy bob spends most of his time hunting or catching us food and Jimmy spends his time chacking out the map. Billy bob is the oldest he's 25 Jimmy hes 24 and me I'm the youngest I'm only 20. When we left it was only septsmer 15 1875 now its september 23 1875. I kinda fell bad for Jimmy cause when we were hunting he shout hisself.

Introduce your family & tell why you are going to Oregon

Dear Journal,
I am going to try to write in you every day. My name is Joshia. I am 12. I am going to turn thirteen in one week. First of all I will tell you about my family. Jaylee, my big sister, is about to turn 14. My mom Juliann is 30 and our wagon driver, David, happens to be 53. Oh, and we have a dog, but we haven't decided a name for him yet. ...Josh, grade 5

My family has four members. We are all a good family. In are family there is a mom, Dad, and twin sisters. So far on the trail the sisters are doing good. But our mom and dad died. We have gathered lots of food. We had to learn how to hunt. My Dad was 37, mom was 36 and my and my twin are 13. Well I hope we make it the rest of the way! ...Kelsey, grade 5

I'm Ivy. I have a mom, a sister and a driver. My mom's name is Cylie. My sister's name is Sarah. The driver is Jim, but he likes to be called Bob. He was my dad's friend. My dad died. I don't like to menchin my dad. It is too sad. ...Carmen

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