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Story of the Western Overland Trails
The article recounts the 18th and 19th century exploration and settlement of the Oregon country from the Mississippi boundary to the Pacific. It highlights Lewis and Clark, Sakajawea, Whitman, Parker, the Oregon trail, Mormon trek, and the rise of overland routes, with figures on migration, freight, and wagon counts. It notes vast death tolls and the transformation of trails into a continental movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mississippi River
Robert Grey
Boston
Columbia
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
British Columbia
Oregon Country
Nebraska
Platte Valley
Mississippi
Louisiana
Rocky Mountains
Gulf of Mexico
Canada
France
Jefferson
Pacific
St. Louis
Lewis and Clark
Missouri River
Louisiana Purchase
Omaha
Sioux City
North Dakota
Bismarck
Sakajawe
Sakajawea
N. D
Portland
Rockies
Great Columbia
South America
Cape Horn
Great Astor Fur Company
Astoria
North Platte
Great Rocky Mountain Continental Divide
Belevue
Sweetwater Branch
North Paltte
Cheyenne
South Pass
North Pass
Jason Lee
Parker
Marcus Whitman
American Fur Company
Union Pacific
Granger
Great
Hudson Bay Company
Whitman
Rev. Parker
Columbia River
Spaulding
Mesdames Whitman
Walla Walla
Snake River
Blue Mountains
Daniel Webster
England
Kansas City
Fairbury
Little Blue River
Hastings
Platte
Kearney
South Platte River
Big Springs
Bridgeport
Gering
Salt Lake
Council Bluffs
Old Fort Laramie
Scottsbluff
California
St. Joseph
Sacramento
Pikes Peak
Denver
Julesburg
Nebraska City
Fort Kearney
Fort Laramie
Russell and Majors
Great Pikes Peak
Fremont