Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the Oregon Trail, its role in westward expansion, and the travails of the pioneers who followed it across the West.
year: 2004
call number/section: 979.5
subjects: overland journeys to the pacific, frontier and pioneer life, west (united states), oregon, oregon national historic trail, west (u.s.), history, 19th century, united states, territorial expansion