Settler Elijah Elliott, namesake of the Elliott Cutoff
Personal details
Born
April 6 or 7, 1817 Fleming County, Kentucky
Died
April 8, 1856 Pleasant Hill, Oregon
Spouse
Mary Jane "Polly" McCall
Occupation
Farmer, Election Judge, Wagon Train Guide
The Elliott Cutoff was a covered wagon road that branched off the Oregon Trail at the Malheur River where present-day Vale, Oregon, United States is today. The first portion of the road was originally known as the Meek Cutoff after Stephen Meek, a former trapper who led over 1,000 emigrants into the Harney Basin in 1845. There were considerable difficulties for the 1845 train, and after reaching a hill known as Wagontire, the people left Meek and split into groups. They turned north at the Deschutes River and finally returned to the traditional Oregon Trail near The Dalles.[1]
In 1853, another group left the Oregon Trail at Vale. This emigration was led by Elijah Elliott who followed, with some exceptions, Meek's 1845 route. But instead of turning north at the Deschutes River, Elliott turned south and traveled up the Deschutes about 30 miles where a newly built trail had been prepared for the wagon train. This new road crossed the Cascades near present-day Willamette Pass[2] and was known as the Free Emigrant Road. No toll would be collected on this road.
^Leah Collins Menefee, Donald F. Menefee, and Lowell Tiller. "Cutoff Fever I," Oregon Historical Quarterly (Portland: Oregon Historical Society, Winter 1976), 315.
^Williams, Gerald W. "Willamette Pass". The Oregon Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
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Columbia and rejoined the Oregon Trail at The Dalles. In 1853, the ElliottCutoff was established, completing Meek's purpose by turning upstream at the...
even as almost annual improvements were made in the form of bridges, cutoffs, ferries, and roads, which made the trip faster and safer. From various...
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was also a trapper, and became known for his role in the ill-fated Meek Cutoff. The actor Peter Whitney was cast as Meek in the 1961 episode, "Who's Fer...
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Across Western North America. Sasquatch Books. pp. 4–5. ISBN 1-57061-522-5. Elliott, John Huxtable (2007). Empires of the Atlantic World. Yale University Press...
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1854 and 1859 the river was used more successfully as the route of the ElliottCutoff. The emigrants followed the ruts of Stephen Meek until they reached...
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1854. Jones 1999, p. 10. Koppel 1995, pp. 16–18. Carey 1922, pp. 238–242. Elliott 1932. Chittenden 1902, pp. 22–224. Begg 1894, p. 105. Boyd, Ames & Johnson...
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