Anyone know the Applegate family history? (Pioneers)

Question

Anyone know the Applegate family history? (Pioneers)

Answer 1

Post your question in genealogy and you should get more answers. They will need more info though. Like where they are from and which man first started the family there.

Answer 2

I assume you're talking about the Applegate family that was part of the Westward Movement.

In 1843, part of the Applegate family of Missouri headed west along the Oregon Trail to the Oregon Country. Charles, Jesse, and Lindsay led their families along the trail and lost two children on the journey down the Columbia River. The hardships along the way influenced the family to find an easier and safer way to the Willamette Valley.

In 1846, the Oregon Provisional Legislature allowed the Applegates and others to attempt to find a more southerly route to Oregon. The group began the task on June 25, 1846, with Jesse Applegate, Lindsay Applegate, David Goff, John Owen, B. F. Burch, W. Sportsman, Robert Smith, a Mr. Goodhue, J. Jones, B. Ausbuan, and Levi Scott starting the survey. Leaving La Creole, the party spent three and a half months surveying a route on a round trip to Fort Hall in present day Idaho. At that location the Applegate Trail departed the main branch of the Oregon Trail. On the return trip, the group brought approximately 150 immigrants along this southern route also known as the South Road and Scott-Applegate Trail.