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THE "OLD OREGON TRAIL"
In 1993, Morris Carter and his four daughters, Oneta, Ivy, Airian, and Katrena, built wagons and traveled the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri to Oregon. Over 2,600 miles, six months and six days traveling time, across the prairies of Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska to the high plains of Wyoming, across Idaho and Oregon. Driving the wagons over South Pass, fording the mighty Green River, crossing 4 mountain ranges and riding the wagons in the Pacific Ocean in Oregon. The hoofbeats of their horses and the creak of the wagons echoed around the world and into the pages of history.
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The TOUGH AND HISTORIC JOURNEY OF THE
CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH TRAIL
In 1999,Morris and Oneta and Airian Carter organized "THE OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA TRAIL GOLD RUSH WAGON TRAIN of the 49er's" and in association with the State of California Sesquicentennial Celebration,
traveling the California Gold Rush Trail, from St. Charles, MO. to Sacramento, CA. 2500 miles 5 months . We braved the mountain Passes hit by hail storms , snow storms, heat and fires of Nevada , crossed the mighty Serrias to California
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