Oregon Trail

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19th-century trail historic overland migration route pioneer trail

The Oregon Trail was a historic 19th-century overland route that pioneers used to migrate by wagon from the Missouri River to the western United States, especially Oregon.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Oregon Trail canonical 34
The Oregon Trail 6
Oregon Trail corridor 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century trail ⓘ
historic overland migration route ⓘ
pioneer trail ⓘ
alsoKnownAs California Trail ⓘ
surface form: Oregon-California Trail
approximateLength about 2,000 miles ⓘ
about 3,200 kilometers ⓘ
associatedWith United States territorial expansion ⓘ
surface form: Manifest Destiny
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crosses Continental Divide ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
designatedBy United States Congress ⓘ
designationYear 1978 ⓘ
endPoint Oregon Country ⓘ
Willamette Valley ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfEmigrants over 300,000 ⓘ
followsRiver North Platte River ⓘ
Platte River ⓘ
Sweetwater River ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
locatedIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
mainDeparturePoint Council Bluffs ⓘ
surface form: Council Bluffs, Iowa

Independence, Missouri ⓘ
St. Joseph, Missouri ⓘ
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
notableLandmark Chimney Rock ⓘ
Fort Boise ⓘ
Fort Hall ⓘ
Fort Laramie ⓘ
Scotts Bluff National Monument ⓘ
surface form: Scotts Bluff

South Pass ⓘ
passesThrough Idaho ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
recognizedAs National Historic Trail ⓘ
relatedTo California Trail ⓘ
Mormon Trail ⓘ
Santa Fe Trail ⓘ
significantFor Oregon boundary dispute resolution ⓘ
expansion of United States territory ⓘ
startPoint Missouri River ⓘ
timePeriodOfIntensiveUse 1840s ⓘ
1850s ⓘ
1860s ⓘ
transportMode covered wagons ⓘ
ox-drawn wagons ⓘ
usedFor settlement of the American West ⓘ
westward migration ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

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National Frontier Trails Museum → dedicatedTo → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Queen City of the Trails → associatedWith → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Old West → associatedWithEvent → Oregon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oregon Trail migration
Independence Square Historic District → associatedWith → Oregon Trail ⓘ
California Trail → connectsTo → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Nebraska → historicTrail → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Gateway City → associatedWithTrail → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Wasco County, Oregon → locatedOnHistoricRoute → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Humboldt River → usedBy → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Francis Parkman → notableWork → Oregon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Oregon Trail
Applegate–Lassen Route → connectedTo → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Sandy, Oregon → historicalRegion → Oregon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oregon Trail corridor
Western Historic Trails Center → focusesOn → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 → relatedTo → Oregon Trail ⓘ
The Big Trail → setting → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Fort Hall → partOf → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Chimney Rock → onRoute → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Chimney Rock → visibleFrom → Oregon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oregon Trail corridor
Fort Boise → locatedOnRoute → Oregon Trail ⓘ
South Pass → partOf → Oregon Trail ⓘ
South Pass → usedBy → Oregon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oregon Trail emigrants
South Pass → category → Oregon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oregon Trail sites
South Pass → featureOf → Oregon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Overland trails to the Pacific Northwest
Platte River → usedBy → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Fort Bridger, Wyoming → locatedOnRoute → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Fort Bridger, Wyoming → hasCategory → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Echo Canyon, Utah → usedBy → Oregon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oregon Trail emigrants
Sweetwater River → landmarkOn → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Fort Dalles → locatedNear → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Fred MacMurray → notableWork → Oregon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Oregon Trail
Bozeman Trail → startPoint → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Bozeman Trail → connects → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Oregon territorial period → migrationRoute → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Casper, Wyoming → hasHistoricTrailAssociation → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Jim Bridger → associatedWith → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Fort Kearny → associatedWith → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Treaty of Fort Atkinson (1853) → appliesToRoute → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Oregon National Historic Trail → followsRouteOf → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Oregon National Historic Trail → namedAfter → Oregon Trail ⓘ
Parkman → notableWork → Oregon Trail ⓘ
subject surface form: Francis Parkman
this entity surface form: The Oregon Trail
France and England in North America → relatedWork → Oregon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Oregon Trail
Montcalm and Wolfe → relatedWorkByAuthor → Oregon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Oregon Trail
Barlow Road (historic Oregon Trail route) → partOf → Oregon Trail ⓘ
subject surface form: Barlow Road
Barlow Road (historic Oregon Trail route) → replacedRoute → Oregon Trail ⓘ
subject surface form: Barlow Road
this entity surface form: Columbia River passage of Oregon Trail
Barlow Road (historic Oregon Trail route) → category → Oregon Trail ⓘ
subject surface form: Barlow Road
Jesse Applegate → participatedIn → Oregon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oregon Trail migration
Applegate Trail → partOf → Oregon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oregon Trail system
Barlow Road corridor → partOf → Oregon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oregon Trail system
End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center → relatedTo → Oregon Trail ⓘ
The Dalles, Oregon → partOfHistoricRoute → Oregon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oregon Trail corridor