I need a Map of the Travels of Osborne Russell.

Russell Was A "Mountain Man" AKA Fur Trapper during the 1800's

He Published a book called "Journal of a Trapper"  and I think there
might be a map in the book... but I couldn't find the book locally and
I figured that the map might be out there on the internet...

Im not looking specifically for the map from the book, just a map of
his travels

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 16 Mar 2003 18:29 PST

Russell's journal begins as he is hired on by another notable explorer
to venture into fur trapping country on an expedition. I have his map
if you'd be interested in this as an answer. It does cover much of the
territory in which Russell traveled, especially in his early years.

Regards;
tutuzdad-ga

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Clarification of Question by wasson101-ga on 16 Mar 2003 20:10 PST

Yes, thats exactly what Im looking for, its a map of his travels, right??

Thanks in advance,

Wasson

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 16 Mar 2003 20:23 PST

Well, it's an image of what appears to be an old hand drafted map of
the area he travel IN while on this particular expedition. Now it
doesn't have a highlighted trail of his actual travels from this are
to that but it is definitely where he was in 1834.

tutuzdad-ga

Dear wasson101-ga;

Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question.

Here you will find an image of the hand-drafted map of the area in
which Osborne Russell traveled in 1834 and perhaps for a time
thereafter.

http://www.xmission.com/%7Edrudy/mtman/html/astoria/astoriamap.jpg

I found the link here:
LIFELONG LEARNING ONLINE
http://www.l3-lewisandclark.com/ShowOneObject.asp?SiteID=77&ObjectID=846

In 1830, then only 16 years old, Osborne Russell of Maine ran away
from home to try his hand at sea. A mariner’s life did not agree with
him and he returned, eventually signing on to the fur trapping
expedition of Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth in 1834. Wyeth has already led
one successful expedition in 1832 and was bent upon exploring the
Oregon country again. Russell joined his band and accompanied Wyeth
and his men on their journey. Russell gained the necessary skills to
become a mountain main in his own right and lived in the mountains
until 1843 when he settled in Oregon.

FUR TRADE BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.members.shaw.ca/gearens/HistandClass/bibliofur.htm
“Russell, Osborne. Journal of a Trapper Edited from the Original
Manuscript in the William Robertson Coe Collection of Western
Americana in the Yale University Library. With a Biography of Osborne
Russell and Maps of His Travels While a Trapper in the Rocky
Mountains. [Portland]: Oregon Historical Society, 1955.”


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INFORMATION SOURCES

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http://www.l3-lewisandclark.com/ShowOneObject.asp?SiteID=77&ObjectID=846


FUR TRADE BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.members.shaw.ca/gearens/HistandClass/bibliofur.htm

JOURNAL OF CAPTAIN NATHANIEL J. WYETH'S EXPEDITIONS TO THE OREGON
COUNTRY
http://www.xmission.com/%7Edrudy/mtman/html/wyeth1.html

ADVENTURE BOOKS
“Journal of a Trapper: In the Rocky Mountains Between 1834 and 1843 
Osborne Russell (1848)”
http://www.narrativepress.com/bbcat.php?show_cat=North+America



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This is exactly what I was looking for!!!  Thanks also for being so fast

-Wasson