In 1852, Ezra Meeker, his wife, and baby, traveled along the Oregon Trail by ox-cart from Iowa to Oregon. At the age of twenty-six, he retraced his steps, again with an ox-team, and completed another incredible journey across the plains to return to Iowa. Ezra Meeker would then traverse the route twice more, once by car and later by plane. He would also go on to found the Oregon Trail Association. In 1922, he published Ox-Team Days, a compelling memoir and collection of photographs from his days on the trail across the American frontier.
