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The Oregon Trail: Complete History of the American Frontier | Sleep Story
Drift off to the complete history of the Oregon Trail — the 2,000-mile overland route that carried hundreds of thousands of American pioneers from Missouri to the Pacific Northwest between 1841 and the 1870s. More than a road, the Oregon Trail was the defining journey of American westward expansion.
Covered: Origins and early exploration of the route, the Great Migration of 1843, life on the trail (wagons, supplies, dangers), encounters with Native American tribes, key landmarks (Independence Rock, Fort Laramie, the Blue Mountains), the role of fur trappers and mountain men, and the trail's…
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