How can you descibe the oregon trail?
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THIS SITE WILL GIVE A GOOD BUT BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIOUS OREGON TRAIL SUBJECTS. IT WILL GIVE SEVERAL SHORT STORIES LIKE THIS WHICH IS THE "WHY TAKE THE OREGON TRAIL?"\nOregon Trail  \nEasier - The Oregon Trail was the best land route for travel to the western United States. It was the only practical way for settlers in wagons with their tools, livestock, and supplies to cross the mountains. Many believe that without the trail, most of the American west would today be part of Canada or Mexico. \n  \nFor twenty-five years, 1841-1866, people 'pulled-up-stakes' and headed west. Estimates range from 250,000 to 650,000 persons made the trip. About 1/3 immigrated to Oregon, another 1/3 were bound for California, and 1/3 went to Utah, Colorado, and Montana. \n  \nHarder - The Oregon Trail, the longest of the overland routes used in the westward expansion of the United States, was first traced by explorers and fur traders. Settlers began following the trail in 1841. The first large group of about 900 immigrants used the trail in the "Great Migration" of 1843. In that year, a provisional government was organized in Oregon. The Oregon Country's northern boundary was set in 1846, and the Territory of Oregon was formed in 1848 as over 12,000 people made the journey in that decade. \n  \nFamilies usually began their journey at Independence, Missouri near the Missouri River. The journey in a covered wagon took six months, following a winding 2,000 mile trail (3,200 kilometers) through prairies, deserts, and across mountains to the Pacific Northwest. The journey was a severe test of strength and endurance. Settlers often had to cross flooded rivers. Indians attacked the wagon trains; however, of the 10,000 deaths that occurred from 1835 to 1855, only 4 percent resulted from Indian attacks. Cholera, smallpox, and firearms accidents were the chief causes of death on the trail. Food, water, and wood were always scarce, and the travelers often encountered contaminated water holes. During summer, the trail was crowded with wagon trains, army units, missionaries, hunting parties, traders, and even sightseeing tours. Some travelers complained that they sometimes had to stop early in the day in order to find a good campsite ahead of the crowd. Others spoke of the need to wear masks for protection against the dust kicked up by the heavy traffic.
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Joseph Cornell, Sharing Nature with Children - I believe the Unnature Trail activity is on page 46.\n\nLink to order book is below:
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Get yourself a few pairs of Merino wool WigWam socks. WigWam socks are made for comfort on the trail. They are also customized to different sports and jobs. These are the socks for you. I'm not sure if they have their own website, but I know they're available at www.mec.com (Mountain Equipment Co-op). \n\nHappy Trails!
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Um...  Well...\n\nIf you follow the river to the big tree, but not the oak tree, the big MAPLE tree, then you take a left and follow the animal trail (not the people trail) up the side of the hill and down the other side, when you come to a fork in your path, a real silverware fork, then veer right and take about twenty paces (give or take 3 or 4) then wave your hands in the air and shout some gibberish that sounds like magic words, Dragon will come pick you up help you get un-lost.
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here you go...\nhttp://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/polycomm/pressrel/railstrails0699.htm
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Sure.  But why would you want to?  A guide could show you neat things off the beaten path that you otherwise might miss.  Good luck.
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Try this:\n\nGames & Recreation \n->Outdoor recration
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Camping, Hiking, Bicycling\n\nFind a nice park(preferable one with a creek or lake), take a picnic lunch, spend the day!
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I really don't think anyone is going to be that generous to give you any spots unless they don't use them anymore.. Best thing is to get a quad map of the areas around there.. look for highest ground..even if its only a foot higher.. also look for eroded places and agriculture that desturbs the earth pretty often and close to a body of water or where one used to be .. you can tell on the quads where old swamps,slews ,and rivers used to flow..look on the high ground there because the native americans would never stay more than half a mile away from fresh water and were deathly afraid of flash flooding since they didn't have locks and dams like we do,or levees..When you have found these suspected areas around there on the maps do a little leg work and look for broken pottery or flint chips..almost always a tale tale sign..but I have found beautiful big arrowheads where there shouldn't be so always check out road cuts,creeks that fall, eroded creek and river beds and keep your eyes down on the ground you will find em..and who knows..some old timer might tell you where to look..farmers are pretty nice and if you go to the feed stores and ask around..someone usually always knows where there were some or there is some..always ask a land owner..and they will always be glad to see you when you come to hunt
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G'day\n\nIf you don't get an answer here, I suggest you ask in the newsgroup alt.rec.hiking, which is pretty active. If you don't have a newsgroup reader, you can access newsgroups via Google Groups.\n\nRegards\nAndrew
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Squaw May 29\nOthers-see link below\n\nIt sounds like they are getting hammered with snow, so if you're willing to hike for it, there could be turns a lot longer.
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www.trailsheaven.com  should help you out a little.
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The Oregon Trail isn't a real "trail" per se. It was more about the movement west of the settlers in search of a better life. There were numerous Oregon Trails.
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The ranger station on Rt 321 between Marshburgh and Kane have free maps. Slaven's store near Willow Bay also has them
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i dont know but you can go to MTBreview.com and look up trails in the area or you can try pinkbike.com and look for places there.
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My parents live on one of the Oregon Trail Roads.. Its paved now though, but they live on that street..
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Well now I am Shoshone so I can help some. First part of your question is\n1. provided a guide over the mountains to the Columbia River\n2.  Lewis and Clarke left their horses with the Shoshone as the trail ahead was too rough for animals\n3. provided provisions\n     Risks were low for the most part\n1. was the risk of getting caught in the mountain durning winter\n2. posible encounters with unfriendly Indians and the chance of starveing on the return trip.\n3 Keeping the horse herd intact and safe is about the only other risk I can think of\n   From my reading the trail was a bare faint rocky track through the mountains and hunting game was almost nonexistance after food supplies ran out. In fact they almost didn't make the trip through the mountainns