The Oregon Trail: Dreams, Disaster, and Conquering the West

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Source/Further reading:

Extremely detailed overview of the Trail: https://www.historynet.com/oregon-trail
History’s take: https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/oregon-trail
The Great Emigration Begins: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-thousand-pioneers-head-west-on-the-oregon-trail
Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Oregon-Trail
History and culture (via the National Park Service):https://www.nps.gov/oreg/learn/historyculture/index.htm
The Donner Party: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/06/donner-party-cannibalism-nation-west/
Oregon Treaty: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/oregon-territory
https://www.nwcouncil.org/reports/columbia-river-history/treatyoforegon
Manifest Destiny: https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/manifest-destiny
Law and order on the trail: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/crime-punishment-overland-trail/
California genocide: https://www.history.com/news/californias-little-known-genocide
Recreating the trail in 2015: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/07/150712-oregon-trail-history-pioneers-ngbooktalk/