Exploring the Oregon Trail
America's Historic Road Trip
Published on 15. January 2023
208 pages
978-1-4930-6608-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Oregon Trail, the route of the pioneers during the largest mass migration in United States history, was a long and difficult journey made by Americans nearly two centuries ago. This guidebook, rich with photos, interviews, and information about the famous landmarks, facilities, individuals, activities, and towns along the trail, will please both adventurers planning to travel the trail and individuals who wish to learn about and follow the trail from an easy chair. Complete with maps and details of each state from Missouri to Oregon, Exploring the Oregon Trail will give readers everything needed to follow in the footsteps of the American pioneers.
Reviews / Votes
Exploring the Oregon Trail: America's Historic Road Trip by Kay and David Scott of Valdosta, Georgia, is a guide to many of the most interesting and reachable landmarks and facilities on the Oregon Trail, filled with maps, photos, interviews, and information on key sites and people. It will certainly appeal to those who are new to exploring the trail or wishing to explore beyond areas they already know. It is a relatively compact, sturdy paperback suitable for taking on the road or reading at home.... This is certainly a book I will be acquiring for friends and family members I want to encourage to learn more about and to see more of the Oregon Trail. * Overland Journal *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Illustrations
142 Color Photos, 11 Maps
File size
56,19 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-6608-7 (9781493066087)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
01/2023
Globe Pequot Press
€22.00
Shipment within 10-20 days
Persons
Kay W. Scott and David L. Scott have spent twenty-eight summers touring the United States and Canada in a series of Volkswagen campers, and two summers backpacking through Europe by rail. They live in Valdosta, Georgia, where David is a professor of finance at Valdosta State University and Kay is retired from the public schools.
Content
- Intro
- PREFACE
- ENHANCING YOUR ROAD TRIP
- MISSOURI
- 1. Upper Independence Landing
- 2. Independence Courthouse Square
- 3. Santa Fe Trail Park
- 4. The Rice-TremontiHome
- 5. Cave Spring
- 6. Wieduwilt Swales
- 7. Schumacher Park
- 8. Hart Grove Creek Campground at Marion Park
- 9. Red Bridge Crossing of the Blue River
- 10. New Santa Fe
- 11. Westport (Kanzas) Landing
- 12. Jim Bridger Grave
- KANSAS
- 1. Shawnee Indian Mission
- 2. Harmon Park Swale
- 3. Flat Rock Creek Park
- 4. Lone Elm Campground
- 5. Junction of the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails
- 6. Blue Mound
- 7. Potawatomi Baptist Mission
- 8. St. Mary's Catholic Mission
- 9. Western Resources Oregon Trail Nature Park
- 10. Vieux Cemetery and Toll Bridge
- 11. Scott Spring
- 12. Alcove Spring
- 13. Independence Crossing
- 14. Marshall Ferry
- 15. Hollenberg Station
- NEBRASKA
- 1. Oregon Trail State Line Monument
- 2. Rock Creek Station
- 3. George Winslow Grave
- 4. Susan C. Haile Grave
- 5. Fort Kearny
- 6. Midway Station
- 7. Fort McPherson
- 8. O'Fallon's Bluff
- 9. Upper California Crossing (Colorado)
- 10. California Hill
- 11. Windlass Hill
- 12. Ash Hollow
- 13. Rachel Pattison Grave
- 14. Oshkosh Country Club Swale
- 15. John Hollman Grave
- 16. Indian Lookout Point (Frog's Head Bluff)
- 17. Ancient Bluff Ruins
- 18. Amanda Lamme (Lamin) Grave
- 19. Courthouse Rock and Jail Rock
- 20. Chimney Rock
- 21. Rebecca Winters Grave
- 22. Robidoux Trading Posts
- 23. Robidoux Pass Pioneer Graves
- 24. Robidoux Pass
- 25. Scotts Bluff
- 26. Mitchell Pass
- 27. Fort Mitchell
- 28. Horse Creek Treaty Grounds
- WYOMING
- 1. Grattan Massacre Site
- 2. Fort Platte
- 3. Fort Laramie
- 4. Mary Homsley Grave
- 5. Bedlam Ruts
- 6. Register Cliff
- 7. Guernsey Ruts
- 8. Lucindy Rollins Grave
- 9. Warm Springs
- 10. Cold Spring and Rifle Pit Hill
- 11. Ayres Natural Bridge
- 12. Ada Magill Grave
- 13. Reshaw's Bridge
- 14. Mormon Ferry
- 15. Guinard Bridge
- 16. Fort Caspar
- 17. Bessemer Bend
- 18-20. Wyoming's County Road 319: An Exceptional Drive along the Oregon Trail
- 18. Rock Avenue (11.3 miles)
- 19. Willow Spring (17.2 miles)
- 20. Prospect Hill (21 miles)
- 21. Independence Rock
- 22. Devil's Gate
- 23. Split Rock
- 24. Ice Slough
- 25. South Pass
- 26. Oregon Buttes
- 27. Pacific Springs
- 28. South Pass Overlook
- 29. False Parting of the Ways
- 30. Parting of the Ways
- 31. Little Sandy Crossing
- 32. Big Sandy Crossing
- 33. Lombard Ferry
- 34. Church Butte
- 35. Fort Bridger
- IDAHO
- 1. Thomas Fork Crossing
- 2. Big Hill
- 3. Peg Leg Smith's Trading Post
- 4. The Magical Waters of Soda Springs
- 5. The Wagon Box Grave
- 6. Camp Connor
- 7. Oregon Trail Country Club Swale
- 8. Sheep Rock
- 9. Hudspeth's Cutoff
- 10. Fort Hall
- 11. American Falls
- 12. Snake River Overlook
- 13. Massacre Rocks
- 14. Register Rock
- 15. Raft River Crossing
- 16. Milner Ruts
- 17. Rock Creek Station and Stricker Homesite
- 18. Thousand Springs
- 19. Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
- 20. Three Island Crossing
- 21. Bonneville Point
- 22. Oregon Trail Historic Reserve
- 23. Ward Massacre Site
- 24. Fort Boise
- OREGON
- 1. Keeney Pass
- 2. John D. Henderson Grave
- 3. Farewell Bend
- 4. Flagstaff Hill
- 5. Birnie Park
- 6. Blue Mountain Crossing
- 7. Whitman Mission (Washington)
- 8. Lower Umatilla River Crossing
- 9. Echo Meadows
- 10. John Day River Crossing
- 11. Descent to the Columbia River
- 12. Deschutes River Crossing
- 13. Fort Dalles
- 14. Fort Vancouver (Washington)
- 15. Tygh Valley
- 16. Barlow Pass
- 17. Pioneer Woman's Grave
- 18. Laurel Hill Chute
- 19. Barlow Road Tollgate
- 20. Philip Foster Farm
- 21. Home of John McLoughlin
- INTERPRETIVE CENTERS, MUSEUMS, AND RESOURCES ALONG THE TRAIL
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- IMPORTANT DATES ON THE OREGON TRAIL
- INDEX
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
