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1811 - Applegate was born in Kentucky.
1823 - He attended the Rock Creek Seminary in Illinois.
1830 - Worked as a school teacher and a clerk before serving as deputy surveyor to the Missouri surveyor general.
1832 - Married Cynthia Ann Parker.
1843 - Jesse was joined by his brothers on the Oregon Trail in what was known as the "Great Migration".
1844 - Upon his arrival in Oregon, he started a farm, built a mill and worked as a surveyor. He played a great role in opening the South Road to Oregon which was named Applegate Trail.
1845 - He helped the government in developing the Oregon Territory as part of the United States and worked to elect Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States.
1849 - He settled in a land which he claimed in the Umpqua Valley which he called Yoncalla after the local Indian tribe.
1850-1881 - He maintained a library with many collection of books. He died in Yoncalla and gained the title "Sage of Yoncalla" for his big influence over public issues.
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Westward Journeys: Memoirs of Jesse A. Applegate and Lavinia Honeyman Porter Who Traveled the Overland Trail by Jesse A&Porter, Lavinia Honeyman) Ridge, Martin Ed Applegate (Hardcover - May 18, 1989) |
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Westward journeys : memoirs of Jesse A. Applegate and Lavinia Honeyman Porter who traveled the Overland Trail by Martin Ridge and Jesse A. Applegate and Lavinia Honeyman Porter (Unknown Binding) |
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Westward Journeys: Memoirs of Jess A. Applegate and Lavinia Honeyman Porter Who Traveled the Overland Trail (The Lakeside Classics) by Jesse A. And Porter, Lavinia Honeyman Applegate (Hardcover - May 18, 1989) |
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Recollections of my boyhood, by Jesse A Applegate (Unknown Binding - May 18, 2008) |
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WESTWARD JOURNIES: MEMOIRS OF JESSIE A. APPLEGATE AND LAVINIA HONEYMAN PORTER WHO TRAVELED THE OVERLAND TRAIL by Jesse A.,&Lavinia Honeyman Porter; Martin Ridge, Ed. Applegate (Hardcover - May 18, 1989) |
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A day with the cow column in 1843 by Jesse A Applegate (Unknown Binding - May 18, 2008) |
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