The American West: Oregon Trail

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All About the Oregon Trail

Fish and Wildlife Along the Oregon Trail
"High resolution scans of the booklet. Our purpose in presenting this fictional account "is to help people understand the changes in fish and wildlife populations since the years of the Oregon Trail migration."
Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

In Search of the Oregon Trail
PBS Online
Sections include Facts, Myths, Teacher's Guide, and Trivia

On the Oregon Trail - (dead link)
A good example of a K12 class webpage on the Oregon Trail. Includes Student Work and Student & Teacher Resources. The Oregon Trail Student Diaries is particularly interesting.
By David Leahy, Greenway Elementary School, Beaverton, Oregon

The Oregon Trail - Trail Archives
"The Trail archive is our growing collection of full-text period documents." Includes Diaries, Memoirs, and Period Books.
From their colorful web site The Oregon Trail.
By Prof. Mike Trinklein and Steve Boettcher, creators of The Oregon Trail, the award-winning documentary film which aired nationally on PBS Stations.

Oregon Territory and It's Pioneers
"My focus is on the pioneers of the Oregon Territory up to and including 1855...The first section is called THE SETTLING OF OREGON and is a compilation of information [including pioneer lists by year of emigration] extracted from a variety of sources. The second section lists the UPDATES that are in progress. The third section is devoted to RESEARCHING THE PIONEERS and provides links to research and historic sites that may be of interest."
Maintained by Stephenie Flora

The Overland Trail

End of the Oregon Trail
Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
"...uses living history interpretations and exhibits that immerse visitors in the dreams, desires and adventures of those who made the journey west. This facility is constructed in the shape of three covered wagons."
Includes a nice page on Black Pioneers of the Oregon Country

The Interactive Santa Fe Trail

The Trails Project - (dead link)"The primary goal of the Trails Project is to create a model for integrating technology into the curriculum and into the learning experiences of each student...uses the backdrop and rugged beauty and rich history of the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails to accomplish its goals."
Includes lesson plans, historic documents, information and the geology of the regions along the trails. [K-12]

Travel in America
"A true account of a journey by overland trail from Texas to South Dakota in 1885, written by Sarah Jane Osborne, typed and put on this Web page by Vanessa Blake, her great granddaughter."

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