[Gardens sign]

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Photograph of a sign at the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive and Visitor Information Center in Oregon City. It is surrounded by flowers and reads "Gardens; Living History of the Oregon Trail; 'We pitched our tent...remaining at this camp for about one week, feasting on watermelons and good, fresh vegetables right from the garden, which are brought in by the Clackamas County farmers in great abundance.' E.E. Conyers on arrival in Oregon City, September 25, 1852.; Land brought the settlers west. These gardens demonstrate the critical role growing things played in emigrant life. From practical to nostalgic, these plantings … continued below

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Stowers, Larry August 1, 2014.

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Photograph of a sign at the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive and Visitor Information Center in Oregon City. It is surrounded by flowers and reads "Gardens; Living History of the Oregon Trail; 'We pitched our tent...remaining at this camp for about one week, feasting on watermelons and good, fresh vegetables right from the garden, which are brought in by the Clackamas County farmers in great abundance.' E.E. Conyers on arrival in Oregon City, September 25, 1852.; Land brought the settlers west. These gardens demonstrate the critical role growing things played in emigrant life. From practical to nostalgic, these plantings unite many different traditions. Any one pioneer garden would not have had such variety. Settlers in those early years were too busy. It was a rare woman who didn't bring at least one favorite flower from home. A stranger in a strange land, the pioneer woman determined -- --serve beauty and ho-------------- territorial traditions ------------------. Like gardeners of today, emigrant tastes varied. Some brought 'romantic' plants like ivy and roses. Others chose iceplant and Christmas cactus. First plantings were usually a single flower protected by a packing crate next to the kitchen door where it could be easily soaked with wash water."

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  • Church and Synagogue Library Association 47th Annual Conference, July 30-August 1, 2014, Portland, Oregon

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  • Preferred Citation: Church and Synagogue Library Association Records (AR0898), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Church and Synagogue Library Association Records

Materials from the Association include photographs and schedules from the annual conference, along with newsletters that present news of service in libraries that support faith groups, reviews of books and media, public relations techniques used by successful congregational libraries, and aids in the cataloging and classification of religious materials.

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  • August 1, 2014

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Stowers, Larry. [Gardens sign], photograph, August 1, 2014; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1129264/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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