Join OCTA and help preserve our heritage.

Click here to open and print an application to join OCTA.

Your membership will:

• Preserve trails used by emigrant travelers
• Promote research and education
• Help Support the OCTA headquarters and library in Independence, MO

Types of Memberships:

• College Student - $20/year
• Educator - $45/year
• Emigrant - $45/year
• Pioneer - $60/year
• Trail Patron - $125/year
• Merrill J. Mattes Society - $250/year
• Institutional - $300/year
• Ezra Meeker Life Member - $1000
• Corporate Member - $1250

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