Oregon Trail

• All about the Oregon Trail
• Links to the Oregon Trail
• Oregon Trail (AmericanWest)
• The Oregon Trail hypertext version of Francis Parkman's book
• Oregon Trail field trip (FieldTrip.org) with fun facts
• Oregon Trail highlights facts and information about food, wagons, deaths, etc. from The Whitman Mission National Historic Site
  • Pioneer Tidbits: interesting facts about pioneers and their life
  • True Story of the Sager Family
• Oregon Trail: the Trail West
• Prairie Traveler: a handbook for overland expeditions This book was written by Randolph B. Marcy, Captain U. S. Army, and first published by authority of the War Department in 1859.
• The End of the Oregon Trail traveling in a covered wagon, what was needed, how long it took

Historical

• Diaries, Memoirs, Letters and reports along the Trail Westextensive list of actual diaries, etc. - primary source material - excellent
  • Across the plains in '64
  • Across the plains to Oregon, 1832
  • Diary of Patrick Breen - of the Donner Party
• Historical Gazette stories of Oregon Trail, wheat
• Oregon State Archives, with info on Whitman Massacre

Lesson plans and links

• 42eXplore - Oregon Trail
• Emigration Extravaganza-the Oregon Trail webquest for 5th grade
• Going West "From 1836 - 1861, over a half million people traveled West in covered wagons across the Oregon Trail. Through your work and research on the Oregon Trail, you will understand many of the problems the immigrants faced as they traveled West".
• In Search of the Oregon Trail - PBS teacher's guide
• Wagons West - a webquest on the Oregon Trail
• Webliography of Pioneer sites Camp Silos, based in Iowa, with lesson plans and links
• Westward Expansion: Trails West Lesson Plans, Curriculum Ideas, Activities Technology, How-To's, and WebQuests
• Westward movement 1840-1860 "In the 1840's thousands of settlers went west. They were searching for adventure, land, gold, and religious freedom. In this WebQuest you will be asked to join a group of settlers and plan your trip west. Read about each of the groups below and decide which one you will join."