The Oregon Trail an American saga
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House,
2004.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- The exploration of Oregon
- Astoria
- Discovering the Oregon Trail
- John McLoughlin and the missionaries
- The American occupation of Oregon
- The emigrants of 1843
- Self-rule and more emigrants
- Fifty-four Forty or fight
- The year of decision
- New Zion, more emigrants, and a massacre
- A lull before the rush
- The Gold Rush of 1849
- The hectic year of 1850
- The changing road
- More change and civil war
- Decline of the Trail
- Rebirth of the Trail
- Appendix A: Historic landmarks
- Appendix B: Cutoffs and other roads.
