Includes documents digitized from the Pacific University Archives related to the history of Pacific University, Tualatin Academy and surrounding communities in the 1800s.
Portfolio of Pherne Brown Pringle that held her sketches from her family's journey on the Oregon Trail. The label on the portfolio claims that her drawings are the only known sketches from such an early date. Pherne was the daughter of Tabitha Moffatt Brown, the 'Mother of Oregon.'
This sketch was made by Pherne Brown Pringle, who crossed the Oregon Trail by covered wagon in 1846 at the age of 14. She kept a diary and made sketches during the trip.
This sketch of Newport, Oregon, was drawn in 1865 by Pherne Brown Pringle. Pringle emigrated to Oregon by covered wagon in 1846 at the age of 14, creating sketches and a diary along the way. According to the handwritten caption on this drawing, she created this sketch some years later, around the age of 33.
