The Oregon Trail is a 2,200-mile (3,500km) historic east–west large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail spanned part of the future state of Kansas and nearly all of what are now the states of Nebraska and Wyoming. The western half of the trail spanned most of the future states of Idaho and Oregon.
The Oregon Trail was laid by fur trappers and traders from about 1811 to 1840 and was only passable on foot or by horseback. By 1836, when the first migrant wagon train was organized in Independence, Missouri, a wagon trail had been cleared to Fort Hall, Idaho. Wagon trails were cleared further and further west, eventually reaching all the way to the Willamette Valley in Oregon. What came to be called the Oregon Trail was complete, even as improved roads, cutoffs, ferries and bridges made the trip faster and safer almost every year. From various starting points in Missouri, Iowa or Nebraska Territory, the routes converged along the lower Platte River Valley near Fort Kearny, Nebraska Territory and led to rich farmlands west of the Rocky Mountains.
The Oregon Trail is a computer game originally developed by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger in 1971 and produced by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) in 1974. The original game was designed to teach school children about the realities of 19th century pioneer life on the Oregon Trail. The player assumes the role of a wagon leader guiding his or her party of settlers from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon's Willamette Valley on the Oregon Trail via a covered wagon in 1848. The game is the first entry in the Oregon Trail series of games, and has since been released in many editions by various developers and publishers who have acquired rights to it, as well as inspiring a number of spinoffs (such as The Yukon Trail and The Amazon Trail) and the parody The Organ Trail.
The Oregon Trail was extremely successful, selling over 65 million copies, after ten iterations over forty years. It was included in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die. It was a hallmark in elementary schools worldwide from the mid-1980s to mid-2000s, as school computers came bundled with the game.
The Oregon Trail is a 1936 American Western film starring John Wayne. The film is believed to be a lost film with no known prints remaining. In 2013 forty still photographs from the film were found by a collector.
Wayne plays retired army captain John Delmont, who discovers from his father's journal that he was left to die by a renegade, and vows to hunt down the killer.
Oregon (i/ˈɔːrᵻɡən/AWR-ə-gən) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Oregon is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the north by Washington, on the south by California, on the east by Idaho, and on the southeast by Nevada. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary, and the Snake River delineates much of the eastern boundary. The parallel 42° north delineates the southern boundary with California and Nevada. It is one of only three states of the contiguous United States to have a coastline on the Pacific Ocean, and the proximity to the ocean heavily influences the state's mild winter climate, despite the latitude.
Oregon was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before Western traders, explorers, and settlers arrived. An autonomous government was formed in the Oregon Country in 1843, the Oregon Territory was created in 1848, and Oregon became the 33rd state on February14, 1859. Today, at 98,000 square miles, Oregon is the ninth largest and, with a population of 4 million, 26th most populous U.S. state. The capital of Oregon is Salem, the second most populous of its cities, with 160,614 residents (2013 estimate). With 609,456 residents (2013 estimate), Portland is the largest city in Oregon and ranks 29th in the U.S. Its metro population of 2,314,554 (2013 estimate) is 24th. The Willamette Valley in western Oregon is the state's most densely populated area, home to eight of the ten most populous cities.
Oregon Trail Rally 2021 SS13 - Starveout
Stage win in L2wd at 8:09.9, and 37 seconds faster than the L2wd first place team! Surfing on some ruts carved into freshly placed coarse gravel makes for a fun time, combined with dodging some large rocks that were pulled out (around 06:40).
Driver Tim Wickberg / Co-Driver Keegan Trott
Oregon Trail Rally 2021 SS7 - Dalles Mountain Down
Stage win in L2wd.
Driver Tim Wickberg / Co-Driver Keegan Trott
published: 25 Nov 2021
O.D.D. Racing Rally America 2016 Oregon Trail SS9: Goodnoe Hills
2016 Rally America Event Oregon Trail Rally. SS9: Goodnoe Hills. With Cameron Steely driving and Preston Osborn co-driving a 2015 Ford Fiesta ST.
Stage Length: 4.30 mi
Stage Time: 4:46.7
published: 02 May 2016
Oregon Trail Rally 2021 - Car 89 - Stage 1 - PIR Super Special
Wolfgang Hoeck and John Dillon in an Evo.
We broke a half-shaft at the start line, which destroyed the diff. Still, we finished the stage and with big help from Dave Defrain, our crew Scott and Alex worked all night and got us running again for the Saturday and Sunday stages.
published: 14 Nov 2021
Travis Pastrana - Oregon Trail Rally 2021
published: 10 Nov 2021
Oregon Trail Rally
published: 07 Nov 2021
Rally in the 100AW 2022 SS7 - Southern Loop - #418 - Vertical Disambiguation
Rally in the 100 Acre Wood 2022 SS7 - Southern Loop
Stage win in L2wd on our way to the class win!
Driver Tim Wickberg / Co-Driver Keegan Trott
Oregon Trail Rally 2021 SS13 - Starveout
Stage win in L2wd at 8:09.9, and 37 seconds faster than the L2wd first place team! Surfing on some ruts carved into fr...
Oregon Trail Rally 2021 SS13 - Starveout
Stage win in L2wd at 8:09.9, and 37 seconds faster than the L2wd first place team! Surfing on some ruts carved into freshly placed coarse gravel makes for a fun time, combined with dodging some large rocks that were pulled out (around 06:40).
Driver Tim Wickberg / Co-Driver Keegan Trott
Oregon Trail Rally 2021 SS13 - Starveout
Stage win in L2wd at 8:09.9, and 37 seconds faster than the L2wd first place team! Surfing on some ruts carved into freshly placed coarse gravel makes for a fun time, combined with dodging some large rocks that were pulled out (around 06:40).
Driver Tim Wickberg / Co-Driver Keegan Trott
2016 Rally America Event Oregon Trail Rally. SS9: Goodnoe Hills. With Cameron Steely driving and Preston Osborn co-driving a 2015 Ford Fiesta ST.
Stage Length...
2016 Rally America Event Oregon Trail Rally. SS9: Goodnoe Hills. With Cameron Steely driving and Preston Osborn co-driving a 2015 Ford Fiesta ST.
Stage Length: 4.30 mi
Stage Time: 4:46.7
2016 Rally America Event Oregon Trail Rally. SS9: Goodnoe Hills. With Cameron Steely driving and Preston Osborn co-driving a 2015 Ford Fiesta ST.
Stage Length: 4.30 mi
Stage Time: 4:46.7
Wolfgang Hoeck and John Dillon in an Evo.
We broke a half-shaft at the start line, which destroyed the diff. Still, we finished the stage and with big help f...
Wolfgang Hoeck and John Dillon in an Evo.
We broke a half-shaft at the start line, which destroyed the diff. Still, we finished the stage and with big help from Dave Defrain, our crew Scott and Alex worked all night and got us running again for the Saturday and Sunday stages.
Wolfgang Hoeck and John Dillon in an Evo.
We broke a half-shaft at the start line, which destroyed the diff. Still, we finished the stage and with big help from Dave Defrain, our crew Scott and Alex worked all night and got us running again for the Saturday and Sunday stages.
Oregon Trail Rally 2021 SS13 - Starveout
Stage win in L2wd at 8:09.9, and 37 seconds faster than the L2wd first place team! Surfing on some ruts carved into freshly placed coarse gravel makes for a fun time, combined with dodging some large rocks that were pulled out (around 06:40).
Driver Tim Wickberg / Co-Driver Keegan Trott
2016 Rally America Event Oregon Trail Rally. SS9: Goodnoe Hills. With Cameron Steely driving and Preston Osborn co-driving a 2015 Ford Fiesta ST.
Stage Length: 4.30 mi
Stage Time: 4:46.7
Wolfgang Hoeck and John Dillon in an Evo.
We broke a half-shaft at the start line, which destroyed the diff. Still, we finished the stage and with big help from Dave Defrain, our crew Scott and Alex worked all night and got us running again for the Saturday and Sunday stages.
The Oregon Trail is a 2,200-mile (3,500km) historic east–west large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail spanned part of the future state of Kansas and nearly all of what are now the states of Nebraska and Wyoming. The western half of the trail spanned most of the future states of Idaho and Oregon.
The Oregon Trail was laid by fur trappers and traders from about 1811 to 1840 and was only passable on foot or by horseback. By 1836, when the first migrant wagon train was organized in Independence, Missouri, a wagon trail had been cleared to Fort Hall, Idaho. Wagon trails were cleared further and further west, eventually reaching all the way to the Willamette Valley in Oregon. What came to be called the Oregon Trail was complete, even as improved roads, cutoffs, ferries and bridges made the trip faster and safer almost every year. From various starting points in Missouri, Iowa or Nebraska Territory, the routes converged along the lower Platte River Valley near Fort Kearny, Nebraska Territory and led to rich farmlands west of the Rocky Mountains.
Did you see me at Westport Landing On the wide Missouri shore? Did you hear the west wind calling In the spring of forty-four? [Chorus] If the mud don't stay and the cattle don't stray We can make Fort Kearny by the middle of May If the mud don't stay and the cattle don't stray We can make Fort Kearny by the middle of May Did you see me at old Fort Kearny? Did you hear my trumpets blow? Did you write your name in stone, boys On the great Platte River road? [Chorus] If the wolf don't howl in the dark of the moon We can make Scotts Bluff by the middle of June If the wolf don't howl in the dark of the moon We can make Scotts Bluff by the middle of June Did you see that endless prairie Blowin' clean and pure and free? Did you hear that rollin' thunder On the wild Nebraska sea? Did you climb the shining mountains? Did you cross that Great Divide? Did you pray to God Almighty To let you down the other side? [Chorus, but only by C.W.] Roll wagons, rollin' rollin' Roll wagons, rollin' home Roll wagons, rollin' rollin' Roll wagons, rollin' home Did you see me out on the desert? Did you see my oxen die? Did you find a drop of water? Did you hear my children cry? [Chorus] If the sun don't shine and the river don't rise We can make South Pass by the fourth of July If the sun don't shine and the river don't rise We can make South Pass by the fourth of July Did you see the high Sierra Far beyond the burning sand? Did you find that golden valley? Did you reach the Promised Land? [Chorus] If the snow don't fly and the river don't dry We can make that valley before we die If the snow don't fly and the river don't dry