Apples to Oregon

Luckily, it’s made clear all along that, while this is a historical fiction story based on a real man/family, that it’s a meant to be amusing tall tale, and it’s a delightful story. The tale is based on the man who first brought fruit trees (from Iowa) to Oregon. It’s a westward pioneer story. What m......more

This is the (“slightly true”) story of Delicious – yes, she’s named after an apple – and her family as they move from Salem, Iowa clear out to Milwaukie, Oregon sometime in the mid-19th century. Delicious tells us about their adventure-filled journey, one with a personal dream as tall as this tale:......more

When Delicious's father decides to head west to Oregon in this entertaining tall tale, he takes along all of his favorite apple trees (not to mention his peach, plum, cherry and pear trees, as well as his grape vines), carefully stowed away in a wagon of their own. The trail from Iowa to the west co......more

First sentence: My daddy loved growin' apples. And when he got ready to pull up roots and leave Iowa for Oregon, he couldn't bear to leave his apple trees behind. So Daddy built two of the biggest boxes you could ever hope to see. He set them into a sturdy wagon and shoveled in good, wormy dirt. The......more