Oregon Trail

For other uses of the term, see Oregon Trail (disambiguation)

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The Oregon Trail was one of the key overland migration routes on which pioneers traveled across the North American continent in wagons in order to settle new parts of the United States of America during the 19th century. The Oregon Trail helped the United States implement its cultural goal of Manifest Destiny, that is to build a great nation spanning the North American continent. The Oregon Trail spanned over half the continent as the wagon trail proceeded over 2,000 miles west through territories and land later to become six U.S. states (Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon). Between 1841 and 1869, the Oregon Trail was used by settlers to the Northwest and West Coast areas of what is now the United States. Once the first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, this trail was no longer used by long-distance travelers.

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North America - Continent - United States of America - 19th century - Manifest Destiny - U.S. state - Missouri - Kansas - Nebraska - Wyoming - Idaho - Oregon - 1841 - 1869 - Northwest - West Coast - First transcontinental railroad

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