If you have a pioneer ancestor that came to the Oregon Territory prior to Feb 14, 1859, you might want to consider joining Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers. It is one way of helping to preserve the Oregon Territory's pioneer history.

2017年12月6日 · The Oregon Trail was a roughly 2,000-mile route from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon, that was used by hundreds of thousands of American pioneers in the mid-1800s to emigrate...

What real pioneers saw & experienced in the Bear Lake Valley while traveling the original Oregon/California Trail. Emigrants found the six mile wide Bear River Valley an oasis after many hard and dry days crossing western Wyoming.

The men of the Peoria Party were among the first pioneers to traverse most of the Oregon Trail. They were initially led by Thomas J. Farnham and called themselves the Oregon Dragoons. They carried a large flag emblazoned with their motto "Oregon Or The Grave".

2023年2月3日 · The Oregon Trail is the most famous of the Overland Trails used by thousands of American pioneers who emigrated to Oregon and other western territories during the age of Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion.

2024年8月12日 · An estimated 80,000 pioneers used the Oregon Trail to Oregon, and 20,000 to Washington by 1869, and about 320,000 more followed part of the Oregon trail to take one of its three main branches. [1] Preparations.

Oregon Trail - Pioneers, Migration, Westward: Estimates of how many emigrants made the trek westward on the Oregon Trail vary. Perhaps some 300,000 to 400,000 people used it during its heyday from the mid-1840s to the late 1860s, and possibly a half million traversed it overall, covering an average of 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) per day; most ...

2018年7月20日 · The first pioneer company to travel across the entirety of what was to become the Oregon Trail was the Wyeth–Lee Company. Nathaniel Wyeth (1802–1856) was very knowledgeable about western landscapes and tribes and suggested routes west as he set out with his first party of about 50 people.