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Oregon Trail
Oregon Trail
Oregon Trail Main route of US pioneers to the West in the 1840s and 1850s. It ran 3200km (2000mi) from Independence, Missouri, to Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River in Oregon, and crossed the Rocky Mountains via South Pass. The journey took about six months. It was heavily used from 1843, when ‘Oregon fever’ attracted thousands of settlers. After 1848, when gold was discovered in California, numbers declined.
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Three trails focus of Center and celebration. (Santa Fe, Calif., Oregon Trails; opening of National Frontier Trails Center)
PR Newswire; 2/7/1990; 700+ words
; ...presentation, "Oregon Trail," by Linda DeCota...Westport and Western Trails," by Orvis Fitts...freight on the Oregon Trail. Truman Library...admission. "Historic Oregon City" video tape showings. Trails West Library. Free...program on California Trail by Tom Hunt, ...
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Future Oregon trails. (development of natural tourist attractions in Oregon) (Tourism in Oregon: A Key Industry Profile)
Magazine article from: Oregon Business; 5/1/1992; 700+ words
; ...Flagstaff Hill, looked over the Oregon Trail and dreamed of bringing the...strategic plan. Looking ahead, new trails will draw many to Oregon's beauty, if only for one...Canyon Overlook, Baker County * Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, Baker...
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Family fun found on Oregon trails Legends and natural lore come alive to keep kids from getting bored
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 6/9/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...2-mile hiking and biking trails are open year-round at this...an ocean's eye view of the Oregon shoreline and open sea. For...near Florence on the central Oregon coast. For hours and more...State Park: The largest of Oregon's state parks, encompassing...a good day's outing. The Trail of 10 ...
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Millen Races to Front and Finishes Second at Oregon Trails SCCA ProRally Race.
PR Newswire; 4/23/2002; 700+ words
; ...settled along some 113 miles of Oregon's rugged coastal mountain...of America (SCCA) annual Oregon Trail ProRally -- and comfortably...away from us at the Cherokee Trails event," said Rhys Millen...Lauchlin's second-place Oregon Trails Rally finish moved him...
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Dominant Mitsubishis Take on the Oregon Forest; Lancer Evolutions and Last Year's Winner Challenge Oregon Trails SCCA ProRally.
PR Newswire; 7/9/2003; 700+ words
; ...twisting, narrow logging roads for this weekend's Oregon Trail round near Hillsboro and you have a recipe for continued...Barritt will be striving for a repeat of their 2002 Oregon Trail Open Class victory. Currently leading in championship...
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Oregon Trail Financial Corp. and FirstBank NW Corp. Announce Extension of Election Deadline and Receipt of FDIC Approval.
PR Newswire; 10/10/2003; 700+ words
; Oregon Trail Financial Corp. and FirstBank NW Corp. announced today that the deadline for Oregon Trail shareholders to make cash/stock...President and Chief Executive Officer of Oregon Trail Financial Corp., +1-541-523-6327...
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Stampede on the Oregon Trail. (Oregon Trail's 150th anniversary) (Special Report: Tourism on the Oregon Trail)
Magazine article from: Oregon Business; 3/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; The Oregon Trail celebration isn't just...pay. They're coming to Oregon. Three million of them...least five years' worth of Trail tourists. On her roster: new menus, a limited edition Oregon Trail art print, informative...
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The Oregon Trail: An American Saga.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Oregon Historical Quarterly; 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...poured over many trails that formed the...that began as the Oregon Trail. Dary begins with...the corridor of trails. This delineation...reinterpretation of the Oregon Trail through successive...western emigrant trails era. It provides...development of the Oregon ...
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FirstBank NW Corp. Completes Acquisition of Oregon Trail Financial Corp.
PR Newswire; 11/3/2003; 700+ words
; ...Northwest (the "Bank"), announced today the successful completion of its acquisition of Oregon Trail Financial Corp. ("Oregon Trail") and the merger of Oregon Trail's wholly-owned subsidiary, Pioneer Bank, A Federal Savings Bank ("Pioneer...
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Oregon Trail Financial Corp. and Firstbank NW Corp. Announce Extension of Election Deadline and Receipt of FDIC Approval.
Business Wire; 10/10/2003; 700+ words
; ...Oct. 10, 2003 Oregon Trail Financial Corp. (Nasdaq...that the deadline for Oregon Trail shareholders to...October 7, 2003. Oregon Trail and FirstBank previously...in late October 2003. Oregon Trail Financial Corp...
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Oregon Trail
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Oregon Trail overland emigrant route in...of which was then called Oregon). The pioneers by wagon...200-km) route, the trail was used for many years...are now preserved in the Oregon National Historic Trail...
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Excerpt from the Oregon Trail (1846, by Francis Parkman)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
EXCERPT FROM THE OREGON TRAIL (1846, by Francis Parkman) Francis...two years old when he journeyed on the Oregon Trail. He was a native of Boston...rest, during which time he wrote The Oregon Trail. The book, published in 1847...
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Oregon Trail, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Oregon Trail, The, autobiographical narrative by Parkman...issued in book form as The California and Oregon Trail (1849). The original title was...author's trip over the eastern part of the Oregon Trail, with his cousin, Quincy Adams Shaw...
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Oregon
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
...came by wagon train over the famous Oregon Trail during the early 1840s. In 1843...the United States and Canada. The Oregon Territory was organized in 1848...than the state as it exists today. Oregon became the 33rd state of the union...
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Oregon Country Cessation
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
...United States, the great migration began across the Oregon Trail in 1843, and "Oregon fever" swept the United States. U.S. expansionism...American attitudes were split over the question of Oregon, and extremists threatened force in the Oregon...
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