The Oregon Trail: Dreams, Disaster, and Conquering the West

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Source/Further reading:

Extremely detailed overview of the Trail: https://www.historynet.com/oregon-trail
History’s take: https://www.history.com/topics/westwa...
The Great Emigration Begins: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-h...
Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Oreg...
History and culture (via the National Park Service):https://www.nps.gov/oreg/learn/histor...
The Donner Party: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ne...
Oregon Treaty: https://history.state.gov/milestones/...
https://www.nwcouncil.org/reports/col...
Manifest Destiny: https://www.history.com/topics/westwa...
Law and order on the trail: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/crim...
California genocide: https://www.history.com/news/californ...
Recreating the trail in 2015: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ne...