Oregon trail pioneers

A Woman's Perspective of Life on the Oregon Trail - True West Magazine

About 10% of westering pioneers died on the Oregon Trail going west. That is 20 graves per mile, mostly unmarked.The Oregon Trail has been called a 2,000-mile-long graveyard. From 1840 to 1869, the total number of people who traveled West on the trail was as high as 420,000. About 10% of pioneers died along the way, an average of more than 20 graves per mile. Post mortem photography was very common in the 1800s and was often the only photograph of a loved one families had. Some photographers…

I read an article about being able to still see, feel and walk in the tracks of the Oregon Trail, so naturally I plotted out when and where I might come across these curiosities. On our way home fr…

Imagine embarking on a journey spanning 2,000 grueling miles, filled with treacherous river crossings, food rationing, relentless weather, and the constant threat of disease. Welcome to the life of a pioneer on the Oregon Trail!

This image shows the Oregon Trail in the 1830s. This trail was used by settlers migrating to the Pacific Northwest.

Parting of the ways pioneer historical marker, Oregon trail WY

Little quiz on the prairie.

Devil’s Gate, Wyoming on the Oregon Trail

As a class, students create an imagined travel experience and then compare it with the actual experiences of 19th-century pioneers.

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Oregon Trail National Historic Trail! Sites you can visit to learn more about the Oregon Trail! Not just the computer game. #Nationalpark #Oregontrail

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The grave of an unnamed pioneer woman is located on Barlow Road, just past the Barlow Pass SnoPark in Oregon. Visit to see it and learn its history.

The Donner Party famously took the Hastings Cutoff - a trail through Utah - that cost them an extra month of travel.

#OTD in 1843, the first major wagon train departed for the west coast on the Oregon Trail. Thousands of more pioneers followed in the upcoming decades. Learn more here!