West Toward the Setting Sun Eric G. Dalke Introduction The migration up the Oregon Trail which started in Independence, Missouri and followed through to Oregon City, Oregon was considered one of the greatest feats of all times. From 1843 to 1863, before the railroads came, approximately 300,000 men, women and children with all their belongings strapped to the inside or the outside of their heavily built Conestoga wagon or the lighter Yankee Schooner headed West toward the promised land. However about 30,000 or 10 percent of the emigrants didn't make it and lost their lives along the journey....
West Toward the Setting Sun Eric G. Dalke Introduction The migration up the Oregon Trail which started in Independence, Missouri and followed through ...
