''A Day with the Cow Column in 1843'' is a text composed by

Jesse Applegate Jesse Applegate (July 5, 1811 – April 22, 1888) was an American pioneer who led a large group of settlers along the Oregon Trail to the Oregon Country. He was an influential member of the early government of Oregon, and helped establish the ...

describing his experience leading one of the parties of pioneers to the

Oregon Country Oregon Country was a large region of the Pacific Northwest of North America that was subject to a long dispute between the United Kingdom and the United States in the early 19th century. The area, which had been created by the Treaty of 1818, co ...

in the Pacific Northwest of

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

in 1843. It was published in the first volume of ''

Overland Monthly The ''Overland Monthly'' was a monthly literary and cultural magazine, based in California, United States. It was founded in 1868 and published between the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. History The '' ...

'' in 1868, read before the

Oregon Pioneer Association The Oregon Pioneer Association (originally known as the Oregon Pioneer Society), first established in October 1867, was a fraternal and lineage society and historical organization for early American settlers of the Oregon Territory. The Associat ...

in 1876, published in the first volume of the ''

Oregon Historical Quarterly The ''Oregon Historical Quarterly'' is a peer-reviewed public history journal covering topics in the history of the U.S. state of Oregon, for both an academic and a general audience. It has been published continuously on a quarterly schedule by th ...

'' in 1900, published in a book published by Joseph Schafer in 1934, and published by Ye Galleon Press in 1990. It was described as "Without question the best bit of literature left to us by any participant in the regonpioneer movement, and dealing with that movement" by Philip H. Parrish in his review of Joseph Schafer's book. According to another review of Schafer's book, the story of the Great Migration of 1843 would have been "too fantastic to believe if it were not a commonplace of American history." The essay is cited as a prime example of the accounts of emigrants to Oregon, California, and Utah through the

Platte River The Platte River () is a major river in the State of Nebraska. It is about long; measured to its farthest source via its tributary, the North Platte River, it flows for over . The Platte River is a tributary of the Missouri River, which itself ...

valley, and its frequency of republication noted. The Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission included it among 100 books that best define the state and its people in 2005. Oregon Buttes from South Pass

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* A Day with the Cow Column in 1843 at Wikisource 1843 essays {{DEFAULTSORT:Day with the Cow Column in 1843