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Oregon Trail (Tales of the Wild West, Bk 1)
Oregon Trail - Tales of the Wild West, Bk 1 Author:Rick Steber, Don Gray (Illustrator) One of the great things about the West is that our history lies so close to the surface. It was our grand parents and parents who were the pioneers. — The first wagon train west arrived late in the fall of 1843. It is estimated one-half million emigrants traveled this great wagon trail, until the advent of the automobile ended the era in the earl... more »y 1900s. Today stretches of the Oregon Trail are still visible as ruts -ruts carved into the earth, worn by time and masked by wildflowers, sagebrush and trees.« less
This is a series of one page long short stories about the old west. The stories are actually little historical notes about real events and people, not fiction. Very interesting in that they dispel commons myths about pioneers, women and Indians.