The Oregon Trail & Conestoga Wagons

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The Wagon - Learn about Covered Wagons used on the Oregon/California National Trail
Oregon Trail National Historic Trail | The three main parts of a prairie wagon were the bed, the ...
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'Restored Conestoga Wagon at Scotts Bluff National Monument on the Oregon Trail in Nebraska' Photographic Print | Art.com
Photographic Print: Restored Conestoga Wagon at Scotts Bluff National Monument on the Oregon Trail in Nebraska : 24x18in
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Oregon Trail Historic Byway
Wagon wheel ruts still on the Oregon Trail in Wyoming....I want to drive the Oregon Trail one day!
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History & Museums, Attractions | Sweetwater County, Wyoming
The “Oregon Trail” in Sweetwater County (and much of Wyoming) is actually four National Historic Trails in one corridor— Oregon, Mormon Pioneer, California and Pony Express.
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Oregon Trail
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Oregon Trail Endangered
I have spent years traveling overland trails in the West; some might say I have an obsession for traveling three miles an hour in a covered wagon. During the past 20 years I have been able to follow the routes to Oregon and California, and the Mormon Pioneer Trail in Utah. I have traveled the …
black and white photograph of men in uniform looking at a map while others look on
This photo is in every Oregon trail/pioneer themed book I've ever read. Always listed as "unknown pioneer family." I have stared at these faces, these clothes, these soul, for years. I'm happy to announce that this is the J.H. Byington Family, on their way to Utah, in 1870. Yeah!
Ezra Meeker, (1830-1928)  As a young man, he was a pioneer who traveled the Oregon Trail by covered wagon. Beginning in his 7O's, he worked tirelessly to memorialize the trail, repeatedly retracing the trip of his youth.  He brought publicity to the Oregon Trail, marking it with monuments in communities along the way, so that its historical significance would not be lost. Trail Marking, Old West Outlaws, Mountain Men
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Ezra Meeker, (1830-1928) As a young man, he was a pioneer who traveled the Oregon Trail by covered wagon. Beginning in his 7O's, he worked tirelessly to memorialize the trail, repeatedly retracing the trip of his youth. He brought publicity to the Oregon Trail, marking it with monuments in communities along the way, so that its historical significance would not be lost.
an old black and white photo of some furniture
The Wagon - Learn about Covered Wagons used on the Oregon/California National Trail
Oregon Trail National Historic Trail | The three main parts of a prairie wagon were the bed, the ...
an old black and white photo of some people in the water with tents on them
Wagon train - Digging In
Wagon train - Digging In
an old black and white photo of two men on a wagon pulled by oxen
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... what about the Native people who were in Oregon already, or the women on the trail? Description from education.ed.pacificu.edu. I searched for this on bing.com/images
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the scandalous confessions of a free bird...
[Letters from Pioneers detail the horrors and hardships for settlers who traveled the Oregon Trail.]
Homespun Oregon Trail dress circa 1845~could be good for Gold Rush Days  *use homespun! 1850s Working Class Dress, 1840s Day Dress, Frontier Dress, Trail Dress, Pioneer Clothing, Pioneer Dress, Prairie Dresses
Homespun Oregon Trail dress circa 1845~could be good for Gold Rush Days *use homespun!
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'It's Tragic' Officials bemoan damage to Oregon Trail
Well-marked Oregon Trail protected on public lands damaged by someone with a metal detector and a shovel. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PERMIT, PERMISSION, AND KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO PROPERLY DOCUMENT AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, DON'T DIG! It is against the law and bad morals to steal from the public's historic knowledge and ruin places preserved for public remembrance and learning. Via Times-News, 8/25/2013. #Archaeology #Vandalism #OregonTrail #Looting