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Making America's Best Idea Even Better
Oregon National Historic TrailGoing around Mt. Hood proved to be almost as difficult as floating the Columbia River in November for Oregon bound emigrants.
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Oregon National Historic Trail
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A color, topographical map of the entire Oregon NHT is available as an Acrobat PDF document (2.36mb) for download. Because the 2,000-mile trail covers six states, this map measures approximately 50" x 10".

The printed, color brochure for the Oregon Trail includes this map.

The trail brochure may be obtained by writing to the National Park Service:

National Park Service
324 South State Street
Suite 200
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111

Or, requested by email at:

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Driving directions for following the Oregon NHT by automobile are available using the state links below. These generic maps include driving directions that approximate the historic Oregon trail route between Independence, Missouri & Oregon City, Oregon.

Missouri Kansas
Nebraska Wyoming
Idaho Oregon


 
Image map showing the route of the Oregon National Historic Trail.
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Image map showing the route of the Oregon National Historic Trail.
 
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Bubbling, carbonated waters of Soda Springs, Idaho.  

Did You Know?
Sulphur Springs, near the community of Soda Springs, Idaho, intirgued many Oregon and California bound emigrants. Numerous diaries and journals note the bubbling soda waters and thermal pools - curiosities never before seen by most who passed this way in the 1840s-1860s.
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Last Updated: September 11, 2009 at 10:24 EST