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The Oregon Trail by Marcia Amidon Lusted
Call Number: 978.02 Lus
ISBN: 9781617831027
Publication Date: 2011-09-01
This title examines an important historic event - the Oregon Trail. Easy-to-read, compelling text explores the history of the Pacific Coast and the expansion of the United States, the roles Manifest Destiny, transportation, mountain men, Native Americans, Mormons, and emigration societies played during this time, the challenges pioneers faced and experienced on the trail, and the effects of this event on society. Features include a table of contents, a timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Events is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

The Oregon Trail by Tim McNeese
Call Number: 978.02 McN
ISBN: 9781604130270
Publication Date: 2009-02-01
During the nineteenth century, hardy pioneers used the Oregon Trail to migrate to the Pacific Northwest. The five- to six-month journey spanned 2,170 miles through territories that later became the states of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The journey west was not an easy one; about one-tenth of the emigrants perished along the way. In time, others took to the trail and headed for California, pulled west by the lure of newly discovered gold, along a route that American Indians called the Great Medicine Road. For more than a generation, the Oregon Trail witnessed hundreds of thousands of emigrants, who carried their life's goods in creaking, wooden wagons, and hoped to find a place in which to begin their lives anew. For many, the trail represented the greatest adventure of their lives. The Oregon Trail focuses on the period between the 1840s and the 1860s when approximately 52,000 pioneers moved to Oregon, and nearly five times that number moved to California and Utah. Book jacket.

How to Get Rich on the Oregon Trail by Tod Olson; Marc Aronson (Introduction by); Gregory Proch (Illustrator); Scott Allred (Illustrator)
Call Number: 978.02 Ols
ISBN: 9781426304132
Publication Date: 2009-02-10
This next volume in the charmingly tongue-in-cheek How to Get Rich series hits the jackpot once again. How to Get Rich on the Oregon Trail continues the winning combination of authentic historical facts and entertaining fictional voices. The narrative offers good-humored and practical advice for a trip out west along the Oregon Trail. 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. Wittily interweaving the fictional characters' adventures with historical personages, locales, and events, Tod Olson captures many distinctive facets of the pioneering American spirit. Uniquely, he examines the economic angles of America's westward expansion, showing the lure of financial opportunities that tempted so many onto the Oregon Trail--and the harsh realities that they discovered along the way. Artwork and archival images create a scrapbook collage effect, making the book a visual feast, and a fascinating snapshot of this period of American history. The rich back matter includes a note from Marc Aronson that specifies what is fact and what is fiction, as well as an extensive "Encyclopedia of the Oregon Trail." National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information. 

The Oregon Trail by Michael V. Uschan
Call Number: 978.02 Usc
ISBN: 0836853865
Publication Date: 2004-01-04
From the early 1840s to the late 1860s, the Oregon Trail was the most important route in North America. Thousands of people traveled along the trail to reach lands west of the Rocky Mountains and make new homes for themselves. This book explains how the trail was developed and its significant impact on the expansion and settlement of the United States. It describes the challenges of the journey along the Oregon Trail and settlement in Oregon, and it also looks at the effect of white settlement on the Native peoples of the West. Book jacket.