[or-roots] "The Dickson Train" & 23 wagons starting from Keokuk, Iowa

[Nancy Lee Adams]

Hi All,

Any one familiar with a wagon train called "The Dickson Train"? Has anyone
heard of it?

My ggg-grandparents Hanson & Lavina (Wickard) Stevens were with this train &
the only one to reach Oregon. 
Some of the men quarreled and parted company, most of the trains going to
California. In April of 1852 Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, with seven children, the
oldest, Isaac, being 13 years old, started from Keokuk, Iowa, in a train of
23 wagons, drawn by oxen, for Oregon. Mr Stevens took up a donation land
claim of 308 acres near the Newsome sawmill, five miles from Silverton,
Oregon.

I already have quite a bit on the Stevens family, but would like to learn
more on "The Dickson Train", like who was the wagon master & a list of other
families that were with this train from Iowa & learn all I can about it.

Thanks! Nancy
nancydean at columbia-center.org
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