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Martha Mark Signed Barn Raising Log Cabin 1880-1900 #1
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Extremely Rare! Barn Raising Log Cabin Victorian Quilt 1880-1900 57x57 signed on the back by Martha Mark believed to be the wife of well know pioneer John Mark of The Oregon Trail. All Silk. Although a few areas are worn color remains bright. Predominantly Black Red & Cream Color. Buyer Satisfaction Guaranteed. John & Martha Mark were emigrants who blazed The Oregon Trail in the 1800's. John Mark was a 52 year old veteran of the War of 1812 and with his wife Martha who was 50 when they set out for Oregon in the spring of 1847. They were the family elders, the nucleus of a small part of family & friends from Johnson County Missouri, consisting of 16 & 20 people in Five Wagons. Traveling with John & Marthawere four of their children aged 11 to 25. Two more Mark daughters came along with their husbands, as did a group of neigbors from the Mulkey family.The Mark party pulled out form the family homestead in Johnson County on May 20 nd 1847. They had their fair share of hardship and tragedy along the Oregon Trail-Elizabeth lost her husband of six years, Jack Howard during the journey. The location & cause of his demise are lost to us.There was also cause for celebration in the group when Luvina Mark married a family friend traveling with the party, JamesShirley, in a ceremony at Fort Laramie on June 20 1847. The newleyweds marked the event by carving their initials in the bark of a tree growing along a nearby stream.The Party passed through the The Whitman Mission at Waiilatpu shortly before the murders and kidnappings that put an end to the missionary era in Oregon. At the Dalles, they decided to pool their money and payfor passage over the Barlow Road rather than risk boating down the Columbia River. Like thousands of other overlanders, they inched their wagons down the infamous slopes of Laurel Hill by rope. On Setpember 17th 1847, they reached the Trail's End in Oregon City.Family lore has it that John Mark traded wither a wagon or mare for a 643.39 acre claim n the Willamette Valley. It was claim number 63 on the books in Oregon City, making it one of the earliest land claims in Oregon. Mary Ann and Luvina took up neighboring land, claiming 640 acres with their husbands for each of their families. Elizabeth, who lost her husband on the Oregon Trail remarried in September 1848, but Alexander's butter and cheese no doubt brought in a tidy sum fromthe merchants looking to the farms of Oregon to supply the miners.However, Alexander was a religious man and lived frugally. When he built a large, two story house, --A mansion for its day--he did much of the work himself, even pitching in on the two man whipsaw to help with the tedious job of sawing logs into planks. When his house was complete, he reserved the ground floor room for use of local circuit riders, traveling preachers who rode regular routes through the countryside. In later years, the house became the focal point for the extended Mark Family, and to this day a handful of trees planted by Alexander Mark are still bearing Fruit.John & Martha Mark were a True Pioneer Family. This Quilt is representative of Martha's work. Quilts were on of the most valuable possessions the pioneers held onto.
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