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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 ...
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.
Location of lime cement plant between 1979 and 1980. [135] New Era: 1876 Clackamas: D Also location of the New Era Spiritual Camp. [136] New Pokegama: 1903 1909 Klamath: A Previously a freight & stage terminal, site located south off Green Springs Hwy. [137] No Fog: June 7, 1915 Feb 28, 1918 Douglas: B Also referred to as Nofog. [138] Nolin ...
But Dick Adams thought “wow, this is a good starter, it would be a shame to have it disappear because Carl died,” so he created the 1847 Oregon Trail Sourdough Preservation Society.
Farewell Bend State Recreation Area is a state park in Baker County, Oregon, United States, about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Ontario.Farewell Bend was the last stop on the Oregon Trail along the Snake River where travelers could rest and water and graze their animals before the trail turned north through more rugged country to follow the Burnt River.
The Benson Hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon, is reportedly haunted by its original owner Cathedral Park is said to be haunted by Thelma Taylor, a teenager who was murdered there in 1949 The Columbia Gorge Hotel is reputedly the site of paranormal activity Imbrie Farm is allegedly haunted by family members of its namesake who died there Multnomah County Poor Farm, which now operates as ...
The Elliott Cutoff was a covered wagon road that branched off the Oregon Trail at the Malheur River where present-day Vale, Oregon, United States is today.The first portion of the road was originally known as the Meek Cutoff after Stephen Meek, a former trapper who led over 1,000 emigrants into the Harney Basin in 1845.
Laurel Hill was a hill on the Barlow Road of the Oregon Trail.It was one of the steepest descents of any on the Oregon Trail. [1] [2] Travelers considered it the worst part of the entire Oregon Trail, and had to either drag trees behind their wagons for braking or winch using ropes or chains.