oregon national historic trail

"Examines the Oregon Trail by discussing how and why it came to be and the immediate and lasting effects it had on the nation and the people who traveled it"--.

Shares the details of the Oregon Trail and the United States westward expansion in the 1800s and provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a pioneer, a Native American in a territory crossed by the trail, and a U.S. soldier at a government outpost.

Text and illustrations provide an introduction to the Oregon Trail.

"Describes the journey on the Oregon Trail from three different historical perspectives"--Provided by publisher.

During a thirteen hundred mile journey from Kansas to the Bitterroot Mountains, Caleb O'Toole faces deserts, tornadoes, wolves, and the infamous Blackstone Gang as he tries to honor his promise to his dying mother and keep his sisters safe.

Draws from diaries, journals, company and expedition reports, and newspaper articles to trace the history of the Oregon Trail, telling of the traders, missionaries, mountain men, voyageurs, farm families, gold-seekers, and others who made their way west along the cross-country route.

Text and illustrations provide an introduction to the Oregon Trail.

Provides an account of the author's 1846 expedition into the American West.

This whimsical recounting of one family's journey to their new homestead will give readers an appreciation of the hardships faced by all those who signed up for the great migration. These include hunger, thirst, sickness, hostile American Indians, and even deceit and thievery on the part of fellow travelers. The book also shows the ingenuity, skill, and trickery used to overcome such challenges.