Josiah Gregg's Expedition by Wes Phillips


In March of 1840, Josiah Gregg and his party crossed the South Canadian river and entered Hutchinson County, passing through the Borger Area and camping on Spring Creek. They hunted Buffalo in our area.

     Gregg was the pioneer of this route to Santa Fe. Although others had traveled this route earlier, Gregg was the first to propose it as a major route for commerce from the east. Gregg's expedition included 47 men and two cannons, and they had no trouble with the Indians.


Josiah Gregg

Resources

Commerce of the Prairies by Josiah Gregg
Illustrations from Josiah Gregg's Expedition
Biography of Josiah Gregg

Additional Reading

El LLano Estacado: Exploration and Imagination on the High Plains of Texas and New Mexico, 1536 - 1860.
John Miller Morris, Texas State Historical Association, 1997.

The Texas Panhandle Frontier.
Frederick W. Rathjen. Texas Tech University Press,1998.