Oregon Trail

The words

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1. Beaver

   Animal whose fur helped draw trappers along routes that became the Oregon Trail.

2. Blue Mountains

   Mountain range crossed on the approach to Oregon.

3. Chimney Rock

   Prominent rock spire beside the emigrant corridor.

4. Devil's Gate

   Rock cleft beside the Sweetwater trail corridor.

5. Ezra Meeker

   Former emigrant who promoted trail preservation by retracing it.

6. Fort Hall

   Trading post on the Oregon-bound route.

7. Joel Walker

   Emigrant who traveled with his family toward Oregon in 1840.

8. Little Blue

   River followed through northeastern Kansas.

9. Oregon City

   Town at the Oregon Trail’s western end.

10. Platte

    River valley carrying the old fur-trade trace.

11. Rendezvous

    Annual fur-trade gathering supplied along the early trail.

12. Scotts Bluff

    Bluff landmark visible to trail travelers.

13. Snake River

    River guiding the trail west through Idaho.

14. Sweetwater

    Wyoming river along the trail.

15. Willamette

    Oregon valley sought by many emigrant families.