Oregon Trail
Oregon Trail is a historic road in USA.
- Type: Historic
- Country: USA
- Length: 3,200 km
- Opened: 1840s
Overview
The great emigrant road from Independence, Missouri to the Willamette Valley, walked by some 400,000 settlers from the 1840s. Axle deep in rivers, cholera at the Platte, and 2,000 km of dust. Its ruts survive at places like Guernsey, Wyoming.
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