Oregon Trail
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Frontier, Pioneers
- Curriculum: American History 1816-1855, American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Missouri, Oregon
Article abstract: The Oregon Trail, stretching from Independence, Missouri, to Portland, Oregon, was one of the primary westward routes of settlers in the 1840's
The Oregon Trail was an overland migration that began in Independence, Missouri, and followed a path adjacent to or near the Platte, Snake, and Columbia rivers westward to Portland, Oregon. Families in canvas-covered Conestoga wagons, commonly called “prairie schooners,” arrived in Independence every May from the early 1840's through the mid-1850's to begin a journey of five or six months on what...
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