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Highway 30 roughly follows the path of the Oregon Trail from there to Montpelier, Idaho. Starting in about 1848 the South Alternate of Oregon Trail (also called the Snake River Cutoff) was developed as a spur off the main trail. It bypassed the Three Island Crossing and continued traveling down the south side of the Snake River.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 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 ...
The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center is a 23,000-square-foot (2,100 m 2) interpretive center about the Oregon Trail located 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Baker City, Oregon on Oregon Route 86 atop Flagstaff Hill.
The Oregon Trail of Francis Parkman, Ginn and Company, 1910. A lengthy introduction, bibliography, and footnotes by William Ellery Leonard with assistance by Frederick Jackson Turner. The Oregon Trail; Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life, Chicago: Scott, Foresman, 1911.
Register Rock is a historic site where many Oregon Trail emigrants carved their names on a large boulder.It is located along Rock Creek and near the Snake River, roughly 12 miles (19 km) southwest of American Falls along the former routing of U.S. Route 30 (US 30) and near Interstate 86 (with which US 30 now runs concurrent).
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.
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The Oregon Trail Reserve is a 77-acre site managed by Boise Parks and Recreation, and the area includes part of the Oregon Trail segment designated by the NRHP in 1972. [3] Nearby is the Oregon Trail Recreation Area, another part of the NRHP segment managed by Boise Parks and Recreation. [4]