the Oregon Trail Memorial Association. In 1948, Driggs married Margaret Brazier Quarrier, who had three children from a previous marriage. She died in 2008. Driggs first novel Wild Roses: A Tale of the Rockies was published in 1916. Among the novels Driggs wrote were Ben the Wagon Boy (1944) based on the story of his father, Benjamin Driggs. He also wrote George, the Handcart Pioneer (1952). He wrote a history of Pleasant Grove, Utah and also co-edited with Ezra Meeker Ox-Team days on the Oregon Trail. He also wrote many English text books. He is honored by later historians for his work in collecting the memories of the Oregon Trail and the Pony Express, while there were still surviving people to give first-hand accounts. His book The Old West Speaks came out in October 1956, just as television popularized Westerns for a whole new generation. He spent many years collecting information about and promoting preservation of the pioneer trails in the west, and worked closely with artist and photographer William Henry Jackson(1843–1942). Howard R. Driggs Elementary School, in Holladay, Utah is named in honor of him. Notes External links biography connected with the Driggs collection at SUU Andrew Jenson. Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia. vol. 4, p. 210. 20th-century American novelists 1873 births 1963 deaths American academics of English literature American leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints American male non-fiction writers American male novelists American Western (genre) novelists Brigham Young University alumni Howard Roscoe Historians from Utah Latter Day Saints from New York (state) Latter Day Saints from Utah New York University alumni New York University faculty Novelists from New York (state) Novelists from Utah People from Bayside, Queens People from Pleasant Grove, Utah Southern Utah University faculty Sunday School (LDS Church) people University of Chicago alumni University of Utah alumni University of Utah faculty 20th-century American male writers Historians from New York (state) Brigham Young Academy alumni