Map:
Major landmarks
- Independance, Missouri-is a very popular trading post, which is how the place got so populated.
- Courthouse and Jailhouse Rock-is the first landmark that the pioneers had found heading
west.
- Chimney Rock-is a landmark along the Oregon Trail. It also signaled the
end of the prairies. It was also 325 feet from top to bottom, and 120 feet for
the spire.
- Fort Laramie-was a fort made by fur traders and used to be called Fort William in 1834,
- and is located where the North Platte and the Laramie rivers
meet.
- Independance Rock-is a huge rock on the Oregon Trail. It is made of granite,
1,900 feet long, 700 feet wide and 128 feet high.
- Fort bridger-is a site of a mountain man named Jim Bridger began a fort
for trading post in 1842. It became one of the most important outfitting points
for immigrants.
- Soda Springs-is a natural bubbling pool made out of carbonated water.
The bubbling is caused by volcanic activity. It was located along the trail
right off of Fort Hall.
- Fort Hall-is located along the Snake River and was first a trading
post.
- Fort Boise-was a supply point along the Oregon Trail, until it was
abandoned in 1854 due to Indian attacks and flooding.
- Whitman Mission-is a historical site of a family and 11 other people that
were slain by Native Americans of Cayuse. The site commemorates the Whitmans
and the role that they had played making the Oregon Trail.
- The Dalles-was named after French fur trappers the meaning of gutter. It was also an old passage for immigrants. It is now a populated city.
- Oregon City-was founded in 1842 and was the first territorial capitol in the state of Oregon. The city is now densely populated.
Issue-
September 4, 1848 an older man was fishing in the snake river when his 12-year-old son runs near by and startles him. The man spun around quickly and lost his balance. The river is usually calm but on this day it was suprisingly unforgiving. The man tumbled in and screamed, luckily a few men fishing down stream jumped in and swam him to safety. The man and is family were very greatful that he had not been lost in the great big river.
September 4, 1848 an older man was fishing in the snake river when his 12-year-old son runs near by and startles him. The man spun around quickly and lost his balance. The river is usually calm but on this day it was suprisingly unforgiving. The man tumbled in and screamed, luckily a few men fishing down stream jumped in and swam him to safety. The man and is family were very greatful that he had not been lost in the great big river.