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Map from The Vikings team, or the Old Oregon Trail 1852–1906, by Ezra Meeker Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker erected this boulder near Pacific Springs on Wyoming's South Pass in 1906. [1] The historic 2,170-mile (3,490 km) [2] Oregon Trail connected various towns along the Missouri River to Oregon's Willamette Valley.
For the 11-year period ending April 2006, [7] there was one death on Mount Hood caused by an avalanche, [8] while 445 avalanche-related deaths occurred throughout North America. [9] Compared to other western states, Oregon has relatively few avalanche fatalities (16 of the 1009 for the U.S. from 1951 to 2015 [10]). There are between 100 and 200 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. Historic migration route spanning Independence, MO–Oregon City, OR For other uses, see Oregon Trail (disambiguation). The Oregon Trail The route of the Oregon Trail shown on a map of the western United States from Independence, Missouri (on the eastern end) to Oregon City, Oregon (on ...
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The road's toll was authorized for two years effective January 1, 1846 and specified toll rates at five dollars (about a week's wages, [9] equivalent to about $170.00 today [10]) for each wagon and ten cents for each head of horse, mule, ass, or horned cattle. The grant named the route "Mount Hood Road"—but it was immediately known as the ...
Emigrants marked their path on this juniper limb, found southeast of present-day Redmond, Oregon.The limb is now on display in the Deschutes County Museum. Meek Cutoff was a horse trail road that branched off the Oregon Trail in northeastern Oregon and was used as an alternate emigrant route to the Willamette Valley in the mid-19th century.
Jul. 9—FORT WAYNE — An Oregon man is dead following a Saturday crash on the Indiana Toll Road. At approximately 1:15 p.m. the Indiana State Police Steuben County dispatch center received a 911 ...
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