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Many thanks to our
generous donors
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The
convention will include a Raffle and a Live Auction.
We welcome the donation of items for
these events.
Please contact Camille Bradford to make a donation:
bradford@usa.net.
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Donations
received through August 16, 2009: |
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Antique cradle |
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Bob and
Barbara Kabel
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Antique baby cradle - collapsible |
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Books |
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Carolyn and Jim Luckey |
Irene D. Paden
Wake of the Prairie Schooner
Macmillan Company, 1943 |
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Nancy Houtz |
Ezra Meeker in collaboration with Howard
R. Driggs
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail
World Book Company, 1923
Autographed by Ezra Meeker |
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Roger Gash |
Kenneth L. Holmes, Editor
Covered Wagon Women: Diaries & Letters from the Western Trails -
1840-1890
Volume I: 1840-1949
Arthur H. Clark Company, 1983 |
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Carol and Glenn Harrison |
James A. Crutchfield
It Happened in Colorado, Second Edition
Morris Book Publishing, LLC 2008
Phyllis Flanders Dorset
The New Eldorado: The Story of Colorado's Gold and Silver Rushes
Macmillan Company, 1970
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LuAnn Hunter |
Ben Merchant Vorpahl
My dear Wister: The Frederic Remington-Owen Wister Letters
America West Publishing Company, 1972
R. D. Symons
Where the Wagon Led: One Man's Memories of the Cowboy's Life in the
Old West
Doubleday, 1973
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Pat
and Jack Fletcher |
Patricia K.A. Fletcher, Dr. Jack E.
Fletcher and Lee Whiteley
Cherokee Trail Diaries, Volume I - 1849: A New Route to the
California Gold Fields; Volume II - 1850 Another New Route to the
California Gold Fields
Fletcher Family Foundation, 1999
Autographed by the authors
Dr. Jack E. Fletcher and Patricia K.A.
Fletcher
Cherokee Trail Diaries, Volume III - 1851-1900: Emigrants,
Goldseekers, Cattle Drives, and Outlaws
Fletcher Family Trust, 2001
Autographed by the authors
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Laura
Nokes Lang |
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer
A 1946 reprint of the original version, distributed by the New York City
Board of Education |
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Eugene
F. Fairbanks |
Eugene F. Fairbanks
Abraham Lincoln Sculpture Created by Avard T. Fairbanks (three
copies)
Fairbanks Art & Books, 2003
Eugene F. Fairbanks
A Sculpture Garden of Fantasy (three copies)
Elfin Cove Press, 2001 |
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OCTA
Nebraska Chapter |
Washington Irving
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, USA
Edited by Edgeley W. Todd
Two copies
University of Oklahoma Press, 1961William MacLeod Raine
The Yukon Trail
Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1917
Cornelius Smith, Jr.
Fort Huachuca: The Story of a Frontier Post
1976
Time/Life Series:
The Pioneers, 1974
The Railroaders, 1973
David Zucchino
Thunder Run
Grove Press, 2004 |
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Dorman
Lehman |
Lorenzo Aldrich
A Journal of the Overland Route to California
Readex Microprint, 1966
Samuel Bowles
Across the Continent
Readex Microprint, 1966
John C. Fremont
Report of The Exploring Expedition to
The Rocky Mountains
Readex Microprint, 1966
Josiah Gregg
Commerce of the Prairies
Two volumes
Readex Microprint, 1966
Thomas Hunt
Ghost Trails to California
American West Publishing Company, 1974
Autographed by the author
W. Turrentine Jackson
Wagon Roads West
University of Nebraska Press, 1979
Wayne C. Lee and Howard C.
Raynesford
Trails of the Smoky Hill
Caxton Printers, 1986
Zenas Leonard
Narrative of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard
Readex Microprint, 1966
Irene Paden
The Wake of the Prairie Schooner
Southern Illinois University Press, 1970
Joel Palmer
Journal of Travels Over the Rocky Mountains
Readex Microprint, 1966
Robert Pinkerton
The First Overland Mail
Random House, 1953
Lillian Schlissel
Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey
Schoken Books, 1982
James Simpson
Report of Explorations across the Great Basin in 1859
University of Nevada Press, 1983
James Kirk Townsend
Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia
River
University of Nebraska Press, 1978
Elliott West
The Contested Plains
University of Kansas Press, 1998 |
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The
Fort Restaurant |
Sam'l P. Arnold
Eating Up the Santa Fe Trail
University Press of Colorado, 1990 |
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Mary
Ann Tortorich |
OCTA 9th Annual Convention Tour Guide
Book
1991 Convention - Sacramento, California
OCTA 1849 Gold Rush Trail -
Pre-Convention Tour Book
1999 Convention - Chico, California |
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Camille
Bradford |
Lloyd W. Gundy, Editor
William Henry Jackson: An Intimate Portrait:
The Elwood P. Bonney Journal
Colorado Historical Society, 2000
Joanna L. Stratton
Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier
Simon and Schuster, 1981 |
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OCTA
Headquarters |
Merrill J. Mattes
Platte River Road Narratives
University of Illinois Press, 1988 |
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Doris
Monahan |
Doris Monahan
Destination: Denver City, The South Platte Trail
University of Ohio Press, 1985
Doris Monahan
Julesburg and Fort Sedgwick:
Wicked City, Scandalous Fort
2009 |
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Dan
Rottenberg |
Dan Rottenberg
Death of a Gunfighter: The Quest for Jack Slade, the West's Most
Elusive Legend
Westholme Publishing, LLC, 2008 |
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Clothing |
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Carolyn and
Jim Luckey |
Western suede jacket |
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Commemorative glass
medallions |
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Fort
Laramie Historical Association
Fort Laramie National Historic Site |
> Old Bedlam
> 175th anniversary of Fort William |
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DVDs |
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Wayne
Sundberg |
Travelin' Trails: The
Overland Trail in Northern Colorado. Written by Wayne Sundberg.
Produced for the City of Fort Collins. Two DVDs. |
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Hand-made items |
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Gail
Campbell |
> Hand-knitted lace baby blanket
> Hand-knitted woman's
evening stole |
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Quackgrass
Sally
and Myrna Stadtfeld |
Hand-made pillow |
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Quackgrass
Sally |
Hand-made beaded
"Journey Mug" |
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Lesson - Wagon
Driving |
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Michele
and Greg Van Hare |
Learn how to drive a
horse team and covered wagon! Donors are the owners of Wolf
Thunder Run: Draft Horses and Wagon Rides, Loveland. Lesson
will take place at The Ranch and last
1 1/2 hours. |
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Maps |
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Jane
Leche |
Reproductions of map of United States
originally published in 1857 by J.H. Colton and Company (two copies) |
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Shann
Rupp |
Pony Express Centennial Map issued by
American Pioneer Trails Association in 1960 |
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Miscellany |
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Camille
Bradford |
> Final edition of the Rocky Mountain
News, published on February 27, 2009 - two copies.
> Glass vase
> Tote bag - woven - Southwestern design
> Gift container - Trail's End Caramel Corn |
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"Mystery Trail
Box" |
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Quackgrass
Sally
and Candy Moulton |
Special souvenir of the
filming of In Pursuit of a Dream. |
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Photographs |
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Eugene
Fairbanks |
Ten copies of photograph of Old Oregon Trail
marker in Baker City, Oregon, created by sculptor Avard Fairbanks. |
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Prints |
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Ginny
and Jerry Blanz |
Five prints by J.
Kramer Cole, A. Rodriguez and Mitchell Lloyd. |
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Sheet music |
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LuAnn
Hunter |
Twilight on the Trail.
Words and music by Sidney D. Mitchell and Louis Alter. |
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Stained-glass |
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Ray Schoch |
Four stained-glass
panels. |
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Throw |
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OCTA
Headquarters |
A beautiful coverlet
with historic trail scenes |
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Wine and Smoked
Salmon |
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Camille
and Phil Bradford |
Gift box of Wild Alaska Smoked Sockeye
Salmon and bottle of white wine - Pinot Grigio. |
