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The Oregon Trail - http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
This web site is based on the award-winning documentary film from PBS. Read about the history of the trail and see the historic sites located along the trail. |
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Oregon Trail Pioneers - http://www.oregonpioneers.com/ortrail.htm
Focuses on the pioneers of the Oregon Territory up to and including 1855 with features on explorers, fur traders, missionaries, Indians, and wagon train lists. |
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Oregon Trail Diaries and Emigrant Biographies - http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/biomenu.html
Browse biographies and diaries of families that traveled the Oregon Trail. Also includes biographical sketches of African-American pioneers and settlers. |
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Oregon Trail History Library - http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/histhome.html
Access articles relating to the history of the Oregon Trail and the history of the American West. |
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All About the Oregon Trail - http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Allabout.html
This study guide on the Oregon Trail was originally designed as a companion for the two hour historical video documentary. |
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The Oregon Trail - J. Francis Parkman Jr. - http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/hst/northamerican/TheOregonTrail/toc.html
A transcription of J. Francis Parkman Jr.'s text that chronicles his experience crossing America in 1846 on the Oregon Trail. |
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Oregon Trail Deaths in 1852 - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/or/trail/tradeath.txt
A list of deaths occurring in 1852 on the plains arranged by surname along with the deceased's former place of residence. |
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Covered Wagon Train List - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/or/trail/1850orim.txt
A list of the people who traveled to Oregon in 1850, from the archives of the Oregon Historical Society, arranged by surname. |
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Biography of John S. Mires - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/or/douglas/bios/mires.txt
Information on the life of John S. Mires from Douglas Co, OR 1863. |
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Coon Oregon Trail Diary - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~orbenton/COONDIAR.htm
The diary of James Madison Coon and Nancy Iness (Miller) Coon while traveling on the Oregon Trail from Mercer County, Illinois to Clackamas County, Oregon in 1847. |