THE OREGON ENCYCLOPEDIA PROJECT THE OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY ADVANCED SEARCH NAVIGATION BROWSE OREGON HISTORY WAYFINDER ESSAYS RECENT MONTH THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF GRAND DIGITAL EXHIBIT ABOUT US BOARD MISSION STATEMENT AUTHORS STAFF GET INVOLVED TOPIC DONATE CONTACT TEACHERS LESSON PLANS HOW TO CITE MINUTES RESEARCH TOOLS WORKSHOP AUTHOR GUIDELINES LOGIN OREGON TRAIL INTRODUCTION IN POPULAR CULTURE THE OREGON TRAIL ICONIC SUBJECT HISTORY OF OREGON OREGON HIGHWAY LICENSE OBLIGATORY REFERENCE CELEBRATION FOUNDATIONAL EVENT WRITTEN AMERICAN HISTORIAN ACTIVE USE BY SUBSEQUENTLY THOUSANDS TRAIL PRINCIPAL INTEREST TRAILS MAJOR MUSEUMS THE CENTRAL FEATURE LARGEST MASS MIGRATIONS PEOPLE TRAVELERS OVERLAND ROUTE REACH WILLAMETTE CALIFORNIA THE JOURNEY UP TO WAGONS TWENTY MILES THE MISSOURI PLATTE RIVERS WEST NEBRASKA SOUTH PASS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WEST THE SNAKE RIVER FORT HALL EASTERN IDAHO CHOSE CONTINUE OREGON SOUTHWEST UTAH POWDER RIVER THE BLUE DOWN THE COLUMBIA RIVER RAFTED COLUMBIA RIVER OVERLAND BARLOW ROAD MOUNT OREGON CITY WILLAMETTE RIVER FAMILIES INDIVIDUALS ON THE TRAIL TRAVELED COMPANIES GENERAL SMALLER LEADERS DUTIES THE AUTHORITY GENERALLY WALKED FULL FOODSTUFFS FARM AXLE TREES WAGON TONGUES WOODEN ARCHED THE WAGON SUPPORT CANVAS HEAVY CLOTH TWELVE FEET DIAMETER REAR WHEELS FRONT IRON TIRE POUNDS HARDWOOD FRAMES WATERTIGHT POSSIBLE FACILITATE STREAM OVERLANDERS OXEN PULL ENDURANCE LESS HORSES MULES STOLEN SPARE PARTS GREASE PULLEYS KEEP RESCUE BACKGROUND DECADES STAKE OUT THE WESTERN PERIPHERY INSTITUTIONAL THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS OLD NORTHWEST THE SOUTH POPULATE POLITICIANS OREGON COUNTRY REGION THE UNITED STATES GREAT BRITAIN CLAIMED SOVEREIGNTY TREATY PENETRATION THE FUR TRADE THE REGION 1820S UPPER MISSOURI EXPOSED THE NATURAL WEALTH PRESENCE NATIVE POPULATIONS OVERLAND TRAILS PASSAGES ESSENTIAL TRAVEL AMERICANS SOUTH THE GREAT WAGON ROAD THE WILDERNESS NATCHEZ TRACE THE SANTA FOREMOST ROUTE WESTERN NORTH AMERICA DEVELOPED THE DISCOVERY WYOMING ROBERT PACIFIC FUR COMPANY RETURNING FORT ASTOR STUART HAD GONE EAST ASCENDING VEERING PLATTE RIVER JOURNEY GREATER IMPORTANCE TRIP FUR TRADER WILLIAM SUBLETTE REPORTED TRIPS LOUIS MISSIONARIES WESTERN THE FUTURE YEARS LATER COLUMBIA EMIGRATION METHODIST GROUP PROMOTED MISSIONARY EXPEDITIONS SENT THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS CLIMATE FERTILE LANDSCAPE LETTERS PUBLISHED EASTERN HALL EMIGRANTS THOMAS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY OUTBREAKS DISEASE TAKE A CHANCE THE EARLY CAPTURED THE IDEA IGNORE SAYING PHRASE ENDURING HARDSHIPS EXPERIENCE THE UNBELIEVABLE GUIDES PLAN COMMON GUIDE ROCKY JOEL POPULAR TOWNS THE MISSOURI RIVER COUNCIL ROUTES BOTH SIDES THE GROUP RUTS JAMES DIARY ENTRY HORSE NECESSARY PROVISIONS FLOUR FOR EACH PERSON BACON PROPORTION CORN MEAL DRIED APPLES SUGAR MEDICINE CHEST PLENTY POWDER COMPANY MADE UP DAVID TWO BOYS CATHOLIC PRIESTS HUNTINGTON DAVID STONE GEORGE HEDGER WILLIAM BARNES LAWRENCE JACOB JOSEPH MILLER THREE SONS TRIED GOAL WAS TO FORT KEARNY FORT LARAMIE THE FOURTH OF JULY WAGON TRAINS AVERAGE FIFTEEN HAD TO PAUSE SPREAD EASIER SOURCES WATER FORAGE ANIMALS DETERMINED CAMPING STEEP VIOLENT STORMS THREAT GREATEST DEATHS FORT ACCIDENTS CAUSE OF DEATH INDIANS DIED ORGANIZED CONSENSUAL AGREEMENT RULES OF ORDER PROPERTY WORK CONSTITUTIONS IDENTIFIED OFFICERS BYLAWS OPERATE TRIBUNALS METE PUNISHMENTS PROPERTY CRIMES ASSIGNMENT EXTRA GUARD DUTY EXECUTIONS LEGAL PROCEEDING JURY AFRICAN MAKING UP THREE PERCENT THE SLAVE PROPERTY OF WHITE FREE PEOPLE WAGON TRAIN FREE HIDING SILVER COINS LOANED HOPE FOR A BETTER LIFE FEWER SOCIAL CASES PROVED TO BE TRUE FOR MEN WOMEN ROLES WITH WOMEN FOR CHILDREN PERSONAL STAND REPAIR LEADERSHIP REACHED SOUTHEASTERN NEARLY CONFLUENCE SNAKE CROSSED FORD 400 HUNDRED YARDS DOWNSTREAM CROSSING MALHEUR RIVER LEAVING FAREWELL BEND CLIMBING STEEPLY THE GRAND ASCENDED THE EAST SLOPE THE BLUE MOUNTAINS EMIGRANT SPRINGS