Journey of the Oregon Trail - Trail of Oregon

Journey to the Pacific Ocean
The Oregon Trail was a pathway to the Pacific Ocean, for fur traders, gold seekers, missionaries', pioneers, and emigrants. Beginning, in the year 1841, and continuing, for more than 20 years, an estimated 300,000 emigrants followed this route. It started in ...

Preparations
A family of 4 needed over 1000 pounds of food for the 2000-mile journey. The only practical way to haul that many supplies was in a wagon ...

Progress
While the six-month journey was filled with hardships, they were natural ones. The progress was ...

River Crossings
To cross the streams, the wheels were taken off the wagons. The wagon beds were lashed to logs and made ...

Buffalo Herds
Buffalo sometimes presented a different problem. They literally stopped a wagon train. A vast herd was seen approaching at a rate of speed ...

Hardships and Dangers
The Oregon Trail had become very rough from the many wagon trains. The travelers could ...

Forts of The Oregon Trail
The first stop was Fort Kearny. This fort and others like it were designed to aid the emigrants. Giving them a chance to restock supplies and rest a little ...

Oregon City, Oregon
What a wonderful relief, Oregon City, Oregon, end of The Oregon Trail. The weary pioneers had covered a total ...

• The Dominguez-Escalante Expeditions Journal:

Through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776

• I Walked to Zion:
- Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail

• The Gathering of Zion:
- The Story of the Mormon Trail

• National Geographic's Guide to:
- Lewis and Clark Trail

• Hiking Historic Trails
- Utah's Favorite Hiking Trails

• Scenic Driving - Travel guides
- Scenic Driving in Utah

• Historical reading
- The Old Spanish Trail

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