Foreword | p. vii |
Will BagleyPreface | p. xi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
1 Telling History His Way | p. 4 |
2 A War of Words, a Test of Wills | p. 16 |
3 The Old Oregon Trail Monument Expedition | p. 23 |
4 Disaster at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition | p. 38 |
5 Retreat to California | p. 49 |
6 The Second Old Oregon Trail Expedition, 1910 | p. 57 |
7 The Second Expedition, 1911 | p. 78 |
8 The Second Expedition, 1912 | p. 92 |
9 Interlude | p. 105 |
10 The Pathfinder Expedition, Part 1: 1915-1916 | p. 119 |
11 The Pathfinder Expedition, Part 2: 1916 | p. 134 |
12 The Pathfinder Expedition, Part 3: 1917 | p. 140 |
13 World War I | p. 149 |
14 The Fight for Naches Pass | p. 153 |
15 Collaboration | p. 166 |
16 Movie Making | p. 171 |
17 The World's Oldest and Youngest Aeronaut | p. 184 |
18 "No Half Hours to Spare" | p. 190 |
19 The Oregon Trail Memorial Association | p. 195 |
20 End of the Trail | p. 212 |
Afterword | p. 217 |
Acknowledgments | p. 224 |
Notes | p. 225 |
Bibliography | p. 255 |
Index | p. 260 |
Map and Illustrations |
Ezra Meeker, circa 1926 | p. x |
OTMA Oregon Trail Map | p. xii |
La Grande, Oregon, monument in 1906 and 2006 | p. 25 |
Portland, Oregon, in June 1908 | p. 28 |
Meeker and Mardon at Huntington, Oregon | p. 32 |
Huntington, Oregon, Monument, 2006 | p. 32 |
President Roosevelt viewing the outfit | p. 34 |
Meeker's 1906 wagon | p. 37 |
Overview of Meeker's exhibit at AYPE | p. 42 |
Meeker's restaurant at AYPE | p. 42 |
Meeker at 1910 International Air Meet | p. 54 |
Meeker's 1910 camp in Ontario, California | p. 56 |
Well Spring boulder | p. 63 |
Baker City, Oregon | p. 65 |
1911 Columbus, Ohio, dodger | p. 82 |
Meeker in Texas | p. 88 |
Meeker and Mardon at the Alamo | p. 91 |
Meeker caulking his graffiti covered wagon | p. 96 |
Cover of Meeker's 1912 book | p. 106 |
Point Defiance glass house | p. 108 |
Pathfinder in Indianapolis | p. 124 |
Pathfinder in Seattle | p. 131 |
Prospectus for Pioneers of America | p. 174 |
1914 tOakland, California, dodger | p. 178 |
Meeker's third airplane flight | p. 185 |
Meeker and President Coolidge | p. 189 |
Ezra Meeker and Tex Cooper | p. 192 |
Fort Hall monument plan | p. 196 |
1926 memorial coin | p. 200 |
OTMA touring car | p. 202 |
Ezra Meeker at dedication of his statue | p. 203 |
Meeker selling coins in 1926 | p. 205 |
Meeker with his 1928 Oxmobile | p. 213 |
Meeker's 1923 wagon | p. 215 |
Meeker's grave | p. 216 |