The Ford Barn

WTSHNN · 06-06-2021, 02:00 AM

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Governor Franklin Roosevelt on horseback with five Boy Scouts´ on the start of their cross country trip. The scouts have rigged the antique wagon of pioneer writer Ezra Meeker to a truck, for the drive to the covered wagon centennial to be held at Independence Rock, Wyoming. July

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Ezra Meeker, grand old man of the Northwest, as he appeared beside his motor prairie schooner, given him by Ford Motor Company, in which he will follow the old Oregon trail across the Northwest. Meeker crossed this trail as a youth in the ox-drawn covered wagons of the gold rush in '49.

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It was way back in 1852 that Ezra Meeker blazed the Oregon trail across teh continent. Now, in the "covered wagon" pictured here, he is retracing his famous route. Three times Meeker has made the journey by ox team, once by automobile and once by airplane. Henry Ford donated the outfit for this journey, which the 98 year old pioneer says will be his last. Meeker is shown here as he started from New York City for a tour of New England, preceding his western journey.

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06-06-2021, 02:00 AM	#1
WTSHNN Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,503	Re: Where is the Oxmobile? (custom '28 AA truck) ere-csua000-cs285-h.jpg Governor Franklin Roosevelt on horseback with five Boy Scouts´ on the start of their cross country trip. The scouts have rigged the antique wagon of pioneer writer Ezra Meeker to a truck, for the drive to the covered wagon centennial to be held at Independence Rock, Wyoming. July 49424130_1504035205.jpg Ezra Meeker, grand old man of the Northwest, as he appeared beside his motor prairie schooner, given him by Ford Motor Company, in which he will follow the old Oregon trail across the Northwest. Meeker crossed this trail as a youth in the ox-drawn covered wagons of the gold rush in '49. 49424130_d1369eb9-c355-484e-86d7-7b217d7de502.jpg It was way back in 1852 that Ezra Meeker blazed the Oregon trail across teh continent. Now, in the "covered wagon" pictured here, he is retracing his famous route. Three times Meeker has made the journey by ox team, once by automobile and once by airplane. Henry Ford donated the outfit for this journey, which the 98 year old pioneer says will be his last. Meeker is shown here as he started from New York City for a tour of New England, preceding his western journey. ezra meeker.jpg __________________ No one wants advice - only corroboration. -John Steinbeck Last edited by WTSHNN; 06-06-2021 at 02:08 AM.

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