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Oregon Trail
Overland pioneer route to the northwestern
United States. About 3200 km, about 2000 mi long, the
trail extended from Independence, Missouri, to the
Columbia River in Oregon. Part of the route followed the
Platte River for 870 km (540 mi) through what is now
Nebraska to Fort Laramie in present-day Wyoming. The
trail continued along the North Platte and Sweetwater
rivers to South Pass in the Wind River Range of the Rocky
Mountains. From there the main trail went south to Fort
Bridger, Wyoming, before turning into the Bear River valley
and north to Fort Hall in present-day Idaho. In Idaho the
Oregon Trail followed the Snake River to the Salmon Falls
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