The document outlines the journey along the Oregon Trail over a period of 6 months from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City. It describes the challenges and landmarks encountered along the way, including river crossings, sickness, exhaustion, interactions with Native Americans, and the various terrain through the mountains. The goal was to travel over 2,000 miles by covered wagon to start a new life in the West.

1. Head West Roll the Wagons

2. Hopes, Dreams , and a Mess of Provisions Independence, Missouri “Load em’ Up!” “Roll the Wagons” Prairie Schooners “Getting There” “Life on the Trail” “The Trail” Prologue - March

3. Fresh Start Court House Rock “Wagon Trains and the Oregon Trail” “Life on the Wagon Train” Roll the Wagons Month 1 - April

4. Trail Life Chimney Rock and Scott’s Bluff “Life on the Wagon Train” Fort Laramie “Roll the Wagons” Month 2 - May

5. River Crossings South Pass Wagon Wheels Green River “Roll the Wagons” Month #3 - June

6. In Sickness and in Death “The Cholera Disease” “Exhaustion on the Trail” “Entering Mountain Country” “Roll the Wagons” Month #4 – July

7. Indians “Meeting with Indians” “In the Words of Native Americans” “Fear of Native” “Roll the Wagons” Month 5 - August

8. Last Leg Columbia River Cascade Mountains “Westward Expansion” “Fort Hall, the Snake…” “ America’s Era of Expansion” “Roll the Wagons” Month 6 - September

9. Settling In “Great Falls,… Oregon City” “End of the Trail” Month 8 - October

10. Independence to Chimney Rock

11. Independence to Chimney Rock

12. Independence to Chimney Rock

13. Independence to Chimney Rock

14. Independence to Chimney Rock

15. Independence to Chimney Rock

16. Independence to Chimney Rock

17. Independence to Chimney Rock

18. Independence to Chimney Rock

19. Independence to Chimney Rock

21. Reasons to Head West

22. As the Wind Rocks the Wagon “Life on the Wagon Train”

23. Chimney Rock

24. Scott’s Bluff

25. South Pass

26. Green River Ferry

27. The Oregon Trail and the American Dream

28. Court House Rock

29. In the World of Native Americans

30. “Getting There”

31. “Life on the Trail”

32. Wagon Wheels

33. Green River Ferry Crossing

34. “Meeting the Indians”

35. “Fear of Natives”

36. “ In the Words of Native Americans”

37. “The Cholera Disease”

38. “Exhaustion on the Trail”

39. “Entering Mountain Country”

40. “Westward Expansion”

41. Cascade Mountains

42. “The End of the Oregon Trail”

43. “ Great Falls, Vancouver, and Oregon City”

44. “The Oregon Trail”

45. “Fort Hall, the Snake…”

46. “The Trail”