The Oregon Trail, Yesterday & Today
- ISBN-10
- 0870045601
- ISBN-13
- 9780870045608
- Category
- Oregon National Historic Trail
- Pages
- 197
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Publisher
- Caxton Press
- Author
- William Hill
Description
Here lies a description of the history of the Oregon Trail - from past to present. It is a unique blend of maps, guides, emigrant diaries and journals, old drawings and paintings, together with recent photographs. This book tells the story of the Oregon Trail in an interesting, easy to read manner and is packed with information for everyone -- the armchair traveler, the tourist, the historian and the Oregon Trail buff.
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