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Mrs. Chauncey's class under the guidance of enrichment teacher, Miss Cindy Kirkley, put on a play for the school about the Oregon Trail. The class has been studying westward expansion and the brave pioneers who helped to settle the frontiers of America. The play was fun and full of facts about the hardships faced by families as they walked 2,000 miles west to Oregon City and into history.
Getting ready - Click on the photos to enlarge them
The Play begins. Narrators give details and read from diaries.
The Appleton family heads west in a prairie schooner
On a good day they make 12 miles. They cross prairies, deserts and mountains.
Click on the family's prairie schooner to
find out more about it
Indians are their friends and disease their enemy
They reach Oregon City and take a bow
Everyone loved the play including the youngest audience member
Oregon Trail Links
All
About the Oregon Trail
Learn about where the pioneers "jumped off" (started their trips), how they camped, which animals they used to pull their wagons, and more!
End of the Oregon
Trail History Library
This site answers frequently asked questions about the Oregon Trail, tells about covered wagons, and even has pictures of Oregon City during famous floods.
End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive
Center
The living history of the trail at the center in Oregon City.
Fantastic Facts about the Oregon
Trail
Would you pay $100 for a glass of water? What did the pioneers use buffalo dung for? You've heard about covered wagons—but what other kinds of wagons did the pioneers use? This site has many fascinating facts!
Food on the Oregon Trail
A list of provisions bought for the journey.
Historic Sites on the Oregon
Trail
Read about 22 famous sites along the trail.
In Search of the Oregon Trail
PBS provides a site with facts, myths, and trivia about the Oregon Trail. Choose the text version of the site from this page or click to map to follow the graphic version.
Oregon Trails in
Oregon
Clickable map of the Oregon Trail (other Oregon trails to come), including images of the trail. Click on the towns along the trail to find more information. This site spawns a new browser window.
Population
Charts
How many people traveled on the Oregon Trail each year? How fast did the population of Oregon grow? Find out here.
Women's Voices from the Oregon
Trail
From Oregon Public Broadcasting, this site provides information about women on the Oregon Trail.
Biographical Sketches of Black Pioneers and Settlers of the Pacific Northwest
African Americans who were part of the Oregon Trail.
