All About

the Oregon Trail

Introduction

Sure, you've heard of the Oregon Trail computer game, but there's so much more.....

 

Discoverers and Explorers

Lewis and Clark? Not really.

 

"Jumping off"

Leaving home forever. And you can't take anything.

 

The Route West

The 2,000 mile walk across the old west.

 

Power

Mules or oxen, but almost never horses.

 

Hardships

They walked barefoot. And no bathing.

 

Camping

Four months of burned bread and sleeping on the ground.

 

Buffalo

As far as the eye could see. And tasty too.

 

Native Americans

Friends, not foes--until they couldn't take it anymore.