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Oregon Trail is an educational game that simulates the hardships of the Oregon Trail, teaching players about history, geography, and decision-making. Oregon Trail can help students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills as they make decisions that affect the survival of their virtual family.
The Oregon Trail was a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) [1] east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon Territory. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail crossed what is now the states of Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming.
The Oregon Trail was a roughly 2,000-mile route from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon, that was used by hundreds of thousands of American pioneers in the mid-1800s to...
The Oregon Trail was an overland trail between Independence, Missouri, and Oregon City, near present-day Portland, Oregon, in the Willamette River valley. It was one of the two main emigrant routes to the American West in the 19th century, the other being the southerly Santa Fe Trail.
The term “Oregon Trail” refers to the historical route that early settlers in the United States used in the 19th century as they moved westward across the country. Those emigrants on the eastern side of the Missouri River in Missouri or Iowa used ferries and steamboats (fitted out for ferry duty) to cross into towns in Nebraska. It is ...
The Oregon Trail was the most historic of the Overland Trails used by settlers, traders, and others to migrate to the western United States during the 19th century. The trail stretched for more than 2,000 miles from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, in present-day Oregon.
Immerse yourself in trail lore, experience stories of settlers and dispel some trail myths at the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. Here’s a fact you’ll learn there: Most of the travelers who took to the trail were not poor and out for a quick land grab; instead, they were established families who sold everything they had to ...