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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

WE STARTED OUT IN INDEPENDENCE MISSOURI

WE CROSSED ALCOVE SPRINGS AND YOU CAN NOW CAMP THERE

THE HOLLENBERG STATION WAS THE FIRST BUSINESS

ONE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH WAS ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED WHEN PEOPLE FELL UNDER WAGONS

ANOTHER CAUSE WAS DISEASES LIKE SMALL POXS, MEASLES AND MORE.

THE REASON FOR CIRCLING THE WAGONS WAS TO KEEP THE ANIMALS IN.

IT WAS CALLED TRAIL TRASH WHEN TRAVELERS DROP OFF STUFF THAT THEY DIDN'T NEED

THE ROCK CREEK STATION WAS A CAMPSITE WHERE TRAVELERS STAYED

FORT KEARNEY WAS THE FIRST MILITARY POST BUILT

REGISTER CLIFF WAS WHERE PEOPLE CARVED THEIR NAMES INTO

YOU HAD TO BE TO INDEPENDENCE ROCK BY THE 4TH OF JULY

WHEN WE GOT TO THE SOUTH PASS IT MEANT WE WERE HALF WAY

BIG HILL WAS A CHALLENGING OBSTACLE ON The TRAIL

THOMAS SMITH ESTABLISHED A TRADING POST CALLED "SMITHS TRADING POST"

SHOSHONE FALLS WAS A WATER FALL ALONG THE TRAIL

FORT BOISE

FoRT BOISE WAS THE LAST MAJOR MILITARY INSTALLATION THE PIONEERS WOULD PASS

FLAGSTAFF HILL WAS THE FIRST PLACE THAT TRAVELERS COULD SEE THE BLUE MOUNTAINS

GRANDE RONDE VALLEY HAD MOUNTAINOUS WALLS AND COTTONWOOD TREES

LAUREL HILL WAS THE WORST STRETCH ON THE OREGON TRAIL

FORT VANCOUVER WAS OPERATED BY THE U.S. ARMY AND HELPED EMIGRANTS

WILLAMETTE VALLEY WAS THE DESTINATION OF THE OREGON TRAIL

TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD WAS THE FIRST RAILROAD IN THE U.S. THAT STRETCHED AROUND THE CONTINENT