this item is a spyglass used on the oregon trail in 1846 by thomas williams. as used when he was head of the party to see if there were any sort of issues i had. -- issues ahead. it is a particularly beautiful example. you can see it may have taken a tumble or two out of the saddle bags. he definitely had a rather colorful life. you can see it may have taken a decorated rather ornately trunk belonged to the snodgrass family, john columbus snodgrass. they came across the oregon trail in 1882. trunks like this were used to carry the most precious possessions that a woman had, her clothing, jewelry, and in a lot of cases, dishes, find china and silver. -- fine china and silver. the snodgrass family packed these possessions in this particular trunk. it may have been a wedding present because it is elaborately decorated. it saw quite a bit of use during its day. most of our collection

this is a spyglass use on the -- used on the oregon trail in 1846 by thomas williams as he traveled across, and it was used when he was head of the party to see if there was any sort of problem or issues ahead. it was used when he was on the lookout duty, particularly a beautiful example and a memento that the family kept before they donated from -- to the museum. you can see it may have taken a tumble or two out of the saddle bag, or he may have dropped it a few times. it had a very colorful life. this rather ornately decorated leather trunk belonged to the snodgrass family, specifically john columbus snodgrass. it was part of his wife's property. they came across the oregon trail in 1882, and trunks like this work used -- this were used to carry precious items, like a woman's wedding dress, dishes, find china, jewelry, and a lot of other presses possessions in -- precious possessions in this particular trunk. it also may have been a wedding present, because it is router -- rather elaborately decorated with painting, and it saw quite a bit of used during its day. most of our collection wa