Charts the journey of those who followed the Oregon Trail in the first half of the nineteenth century, describes the obstacles and dangers they encountered, and discusses the Trail's eventual decline with the introduction of the cross-country railroad.
year: 1990
call number/section: 979, 979.5, 973.5, 975.3, 978
subjects: overland journeys to the pacific, juvenile literature, frontier and pioneer life, overland journeys to the pacific (u.s.), oregon trail, juvenile literature, west (u.s.), description and travel, history