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42: 422: 379: 477: 487: 426: 276:, before returning to California, continuing to mine until 1865. In 1865, Elizabeth died, and he returned to working as a guide and trapper. Stephen Meek died in 212:, and helped to survey the land. He joined the American mountaineers that year for one year. The following year, he served as a guide for a 149:, and the claim is corroborated by his brother. He was educated in the local public schools in Virginia before beginning work for 462: 398: 269: 245: 142: 55: 154: 198: 482: 312: 288:
Stephen Meek is always the points leader on the leader board in the legendary computer game: Oregon Trail.
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on July 4, 1807. In his autobiography, he claims to be a relative of President
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Eleven years in the Rocky Mountains and a life on the frontier, Chapter 35
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Palmer's Journal of Travels Over the Rocky Mountains, 1845–1846
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Deschutes & Ochoco National Forests - Heritage - History
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in 1831 as a trapper while Bonneville was exploring the
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in 1827. He began working as a laborer for Sublette's
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Stephen Meek (guide)

Washington County, Virginia
Etna, California
fur trapper
American west
wagon train
Meek Cutoff
Virginia
Joseph Meek
trappers
Rocky Mountains
Washington County, Virginia
James K. Polk
William Sublette
Rocky Mountain Fur Company
St. Louis, Missouri
Benjamin Bonneville
Great Salt Lake
Joseph R. Walker
Oregon Country
Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Vancouver
John McLoughlin
Thomas McKay
Oregon City, Oregon
John McLoughlin
wagon train
pioneers
Willamette Valley

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