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Traveling the Oregon Trail: Diphtheria, dysentery, and other dangers
Fort Astoria Shoshone Falls North Platte River Fort Vancouver Columbia River Gorge Eagle Rock Mount Hood farmland near Newberg, Oregon
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Traveling the Oregon Trail: Diphtheria, dysentery, and other dangers
An overview of the Oregon Trail.
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Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail, c. 1850, with state and territorial boundaries.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Fort Astoria
Depiction of Fort Astoria (now Astoria, Oregon) in 1813, at the mouth of the Columbia...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Shoshone Falls
Shoshone Falls on the Snake River, near Twin Falls, southern Idaho. Travelers on...
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North Platte River
North Platte River in eastern Wyoming. Travelers on the Oregon Trail followed its...
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Fort Vancouver
Sketch of Fort Vancouver (now Vancouver, Washington) by Henry J. Warre, 1848. The...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Columbia River Gorge
Columbia River Gorge, Oregon-Washington border.
© Corbis
Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock, part of the Scotts Bluff rock formation, an important landmark on the...
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Mount Hood
Mount Hood, northern Oregon, the last great natural landmark for travelers on the...
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farmland near Newberg, Oregon
Farmland near Newberg, Oregon, in the Willamette River valley, the destination of...
Gary Braasch
Snake River
Portion of the Snake River in southern Idaho, one of the main waterways followed...
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journal of Andrew Rodgers
Page from the journal of Andrew Rodgers, written while he traveled on the Oregon...
The Newberry Library (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
reenactment of a prairie schooner crossing the plains
Modern-day reenactment of a prairie schooner wagon and horse team crossing the plains...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Oregon Trail trading post reconstruction
Reconstruction of a trading post (built 1854) on the Oregon Trail that later was...
© Sue Smith/Shutterstock.com
Chimney Rock
Chimney Rock, Chimney Rock National Historic Site, western Nebraska.
© Weldon Schloneger/Shutterstock.com
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
The Snake River flowing through Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, southern...
Courtesy of Annette Rousseau/U.S. National Park Service
Settlers on the Oregon Trail, oil painting by Albert Bierstadt, 1869.
Image use courtesy of The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio (946-O-101)
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