Early Life
Medorem Crawford was born in Orange County, New York, on June 24, 1819, to S. G. Crawford. He was sent to apprentice as a farmer at age 13 to a farm in Seneca County where he remained until age 16. Crawford then settled in Havana in Schuyler County and lived there until 1842. On March 17, 1842, he began his journey to the Oregon Country with stops in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Cincinnati, Ohio, and St. Louis, Missouri, before reaching Independence, Missouri, and the start of the Oregon Trail.
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