The Oregon Trail

Author

Mel Friedman

Call Number

• J 978.02 FRIE (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Children's Press, c2010.

Physical Description

48 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. ; 22 cm.

Contents

• A great adventure : why did people travel the Oregon Trail?
• Claiming the West : who was the first European to set foot in Oregon?
• Trail opens : what was known as the "brown gold" rush?
• Hopes and dreams : who got to ride in a covered wagon?
• The big truth! : the man who saved the trail : who traveled east on the Oregon Trail in both a wagon and an airplane?
• Challenges along the way : what did pioneers worry about most?
• End of the trail : how did the first coast-to-coast railroad affect the trail?
• True statistics.