oregon trail

Describes life for the pioneer families on the Oregon Trail, including many dangers they faced.

In her diary, thirteen-year-old Hattie chronicles her family's arduous 1847 journey from Missouri to Oregon on the Oregon Trail.

Presents accounts of a young man's travels on the Oregon Trail and his sojourn with the Oglala Indians.

Explores the lives and history of American pioneers, using reenactments, journal entries, and archival images to examine the reasons why families and individuals decided to go west, and the challenges of traveling by wagon over the Oregon Trail.

Maps, guides, emigrant diaries and journals, old drawings and paintings, with recent photographs present the history of the Oregon Trail.

Explains why the Oregon Trail developed and describes the daily lives of pioneers as they crossed the country with dreams of a new life.

Olivia Clark, a young girl who is moving with her family from Missouri to Oregon Territory during the middle of the nineteenth century, describes her five month journey traveling westward.