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Learn what life was like for travelers on the Oregon Trail /

Emigrants on the Oregon Trail journeyed across 2,000 miles of wilderness to reach the Pacific Coast, braving exposure, difficult terrain, and uncertainty about what they might encounter along the way. Westward expansion, frontier, pioneers.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Leonard, Melinda (Director, Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Chicago, IL : Encyclopedia Britannica, 2013.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Pioneers > Oregon National Historic Trail > History > 19th century.
Pioneers > Oregon National Historic Trail > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > Oregon National Historic Trail.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Oregon National Historic Trail > History.
West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Pionniers > Oregon National Historic Trail > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Pionniers > Oregon National Historic Trail > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique.
Oregon National Historic Trail > Histoire.
Frontier and pioneer life
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Pioneers
Pioneers > Social life and customs
United States > Oregon National Historic Trail
West United States
1800-1899
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Summary:Emigrants on the Oregon Trail journeyed across 2,000 miles of wilderness to reach the Pacific Coast, braving exposure, difficult terrain, and uncertainty about what they might encounter along the way. Westward expansion, frontier, pioneers.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed June 8, 2022).
Physical Description:1 online resource (4 minutes)
Playing Time:00:03:28