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Title: O.C. Applegate Jr. Letters, 1941
Dates: 1941
Repository: The
Society of California Pioneers.
San Francisco, California 94107-1272
Abstract: Correspondence from Oliver Cromwell Applegate, Jr. concerning some history of the Applegate family related to the Oregon Trail
and other aspects of Oregon history.
Physical location: stored on-site at the Society of California Pioneers.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open by appointment for research.
Property rights reside with The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to reproduce or publish must be
submitted in writing to the Librarian.
O.C. Applegate Jr. Letters, 1941. The Society of California Pioneers.
Biography / Administrative History
Oliver Cromwell (O.C.) Applegate Jr. was the grandson of Lindsay Applegate, one of the founders of the South Road of the Oregon
Trail. His father, O.C. Applegate, Sr. was a captain in the Oregon Milita and served as a scout and interpreter during the
Modoc War of 1872-3. He was also appointed as a U.S. Commissioner in 1873 and then Klamath Indian Agent in 1898. His son,
O.C. Applegate, Jr. came to San Francisco in 1915, where he became a resident and remained for the duration of his life, except
for time he spent in the army during World War I.
| 1941 | O.C. Applegate, Jr. Letters, 1941 |
Scope and Content of Collection
One, three-page letter to H.P. Van Sicklen, Secretary of the Society of
California Pioneers, explaining some details of the Applegate family history. Also includes a color map that indicates the
Applegate Route, also known as the Southern Road, of the Oregon Trail.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Applegate, O.C. Jr.
Applegate, O.C. Sr.
Applegate, Lindsay
Applegate, Jesse
Oregon National Historic Trail
Indians -- Wars
Crater Lake (Or.)
Guide to the Oliver Cromwell Applegate Papers 1841-1938, at the Northwest Digital Archives: http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv77642.