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
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