Wagon train to Oregon was led by a dead man: Willie Keil

Published: Nov. 5, 2020, 2 p.m.

The young man was the only person to have followed the Oregon Trail while dead, and it's fortunate for his family — and the Aurora Colony — that he did. (Aurora, Marion County; 1855) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/H1007c_willie-keil-dead-man-led-wagon-train.html)