Presents a brief history and description of Oregon.

Discover how between 1843 and 1890 more than 300,000 people traveled west to Oregon country along trails that were once footpaths used by American Indians. Learn what it was like to join one of the wagon trains leaving Missouri. Find out how people hunted, cooked, ate, slept, and survived on the trail, hundreds of miles from towns and cities. This book describes in detail the lives of ordinary people in the United States who headed west to find new...