Oregon Trail region
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The Oregon Trail region is the historic corridor across the American West that 19th-century emigrants followed to settle Oregon and other western territories.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic region
ⓘ
migration corridor ⓘ travel route corridor ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
California Territory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Idaho Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Manifest Destiny ideology NERFINISHED ⓘ Oregon Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Oregon boundary dispute resolution
ⓘ
Westward migration to Oregon ⓘ |
| crosses |
Columbia Plateau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Snake River Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extendsFrom | Missouri River frontier ⓘ |
| extendsTo |
Oregon Country
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Willamette Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Oregon Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | symbol of American frontier migration ⓘ |
| hasEconomicRole | opening of overland trade routes ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | National Historic Trail corridor (Oregon National Historic Trail) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorRiverSystems |
Columbia River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Platte River NERFINISHED ⓘ Snake River NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweetwater River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedBy |
American emigrant wagon trains
ⓘ
fur traders ⓘ gold seekers ⓘ missionaries ⓘ settler families ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
displacement of Native American peoples
ⓘ
settlement patterns in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
American West
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| partOf | Westward Expansion of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeEnd | late 19th century ⓘ |
| timeOfPeakUse |
1840s
ⓘ
1850s ⓘ |
| timeStart | 1830s ⓘ |
| traversesPresentDay |
Idaho
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
overland emigration
ⓘ
settlement of Oregon Country ⓘ westward migration ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.