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UL L I ip »north of Pocatello which arc not 011 the. trail” was to acquaint them with the work of the association in bringing the west bound tourist out of the west entrance of the Yellowstone-south to the 01(1 Oregon Trail' at Pocatello.The following facts, bearing on the purpose of the meeting ' and banquet. tonight were sot forth by Presr idcnt Meaeham:/When England and tho United States Svere VisjiiiUiig the title to the Oregon country” the matter was settled by the American people themselves. Leaving Independence, Mo.,s and Council Bluffs (Kancs-villc), la., they journeyed along the Platte, crossed, the Rbckies at the famous South Pass/traversed tho Valley of the Snake, crossed tho Blue mountains and negotiated tho gorge of the Columbia and arrived in the Willamette valley and scattered in all directions.Two hundred wagons came, bearing .1000 American citizens, men, women * and ’ children. They came with their plows tied to thoir wagons. their household effects with them, their-cattle following.It was called the Great •Migration” *an‘d settled for all time the fate of tho Oregon Country.”Our Opportunity.On no less authority ''than the officials’ of -the federal bureau of public roads and the highway commission of the state, of Oregon, we, have it that the Old Oregon, Trail
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Twin Falls Daily Times
Twin Falls, Idaho, US
Tue, Mar 18, 1924
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