Treasures in the Trunk: Quilts of the Oregon TrailBetween 1840 and 1870, a quarter of a million Americans crossed the continent to Oregon and California in what was considered one of the great migrations of modern times?Thousands of women arrived in the Northwest by way of the Oregon Trail. This migration or "leave-taking" would consume the longest time and widest distance for these nineteenth-century women to establish new homes for themselves and their loved ones." |
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Quilts of the Oregon Trail Mary Bywater Cross. Jane Lieb Riggs ** Full View of Star Detail of blocks Detail of. B - 1 Quilt : STAR Category : Pieced Size : 91 " x 70 " Date : circa 1830 Maker : Jane Lieb Riggs ( 1814- 1874 ) Year Over ...
Quilts of the Oregon Trail Mary Bywater Cross. Jane Lieb Riggs ** Full View of Star Detail of blocks Detail of. B - 1 Quilt : STAR Category : Pieced Size : 91 " x 70 " Date : circa 1830 Maker : Jane Lieb Riggs ( 1814- 1874 ) Year Over ...
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Quilts of the Oregon Trail Mary Bywater Cross. Grace Jane Simpson Skeeters with the quilt Full view of Log Cabin. B - 22 Quilt : LOG CABIN Category : Pieced Size : 54 " x 36 " Date : 1875-1900 Maker : Grace Jane Simpson Skeeters ( 1839 ...
Quilts of the Oregon Trail Mary Bywater Cross. Grace Jane Simpson Skeeters with the quilt Full view of Log Cabin. B - 22 Quilt : LOG CABIN Category : Pieced Size : 54 " x 36 " Date : 1875-1900 Maker : Grace Jane Simpson Skeeters ( 1839 ...
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... Jane , 42 Princess Feather , 104-05 , 142 Propst , Lucinda Powell , 66–7 , 94 ; 151 ; Anthony , 66 , 151–52 Quilt designs as themes of migration , 133-42 ; as themes of celebration , 135 Quilt documentation , 138 , 162–63 Quilt patterns ...
... Jane , 42 Princess Feather , 104-05 , 142 Propst , Lucinda Powell , 66–7 , 94 ; 151 ; Anthony , 66 , 151–52 Quilt designs as themes of migration , 133-42 ; as themes of celebration , 135 Quilt documentation , 138 , 162–63 Quilt patterns ...
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