Episode 29: The Trail That Made Us

Welcome To Oregon: A Oregon History & Lore Podcast · Oregon Voices Network

June 19, 202433m 1s

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Join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford and journey back to where it all began, the story of one of the most famous events in American history, the Oregon Trail!

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_migration#:~:text=Approximately%201%2C800%20of%20the%20world's,kilometres%20south%20for%20the%20winter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon_run

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Trail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Price_Hunt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonquin_(1807_ship)#Destruction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stuart_(explorer)

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/stuart_robert/#:~:text=Robert%20Stuart%20made%20a%20significant,Louis%20in%201812.

https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/major-events/war-of-1812-overview/#:~:text=In%20Britain's%20effort%20to%20control,Britain%20on%20June%2018%2C%201812.

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/smith_jedediah/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Farnham

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-thousand-pioneers-head-west-on-the-oregon-trail

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/mcloughlin_john/

https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/learn_interp_nhotic_quotes.pdf

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