The Butler Family Letters are a collection of 70 original letters written between 1835 and 1863 by some of the pioneers who settled in Polk County, Oregon, and founded Monmouth University (now Western Oregon University).
The letters were written by Peter and Rachel Butler's family and friends who left Monmouth, Illinois, in 1853 to cross the Oregon Trail and settle in Polk County, Oregon. Using the links, browse the collection of letters by author: