oregon trail

"Read about how over half a million men, woman and children risked their lives and traveled west on the Oregon Trail in hopes for a better future"--Provided by publisher.

Explores various details of frontier and pioneer life in connection with the Oregon National Historic Trail, covering topics such as the growth of fur trapping and the contest between different nations for control of Oregon, with illustrations, a timeline, and statistics.

"Examines the Oregon Trail by discussing how and why it came to be and the immediate and lasting effects it had on the nation and the people who traveled it"--.

"Describes the journey on the Oregon Trail from three different historical perspectives"--Provided by publisher.

Draws from diaries, journals, company and expedition reports, and newspaper articles to trace the history of the Oregon Trail, telling of the traders, missionaries, mountain men, voyageurs, farm families, gold-seekers, and others who made their way west along the cross-country route.

Text and illustrations provide an introduction to the Oregon Trail.

In the mid 1800's the Oregon Trail was the only way for thousands of people from the eastern United States to reach lands west of the Rocky Mountains. This book tells the story of the legendary trail, of the mountain men whoi blazed the way, and the missionaries who followed. It describes the journey made by many thousands of hopeful emigrants who headed west to make new lives and homes for themselves. It also looke at the impact of the Oregon Trail on the Native peoples of the west.