Ending My Oregon Trail Journey at Pendleton

Ending My Oregon Trail Journey at Pendleton

Once the pioneers got well into Oregon, they kept going north to the Columbia River.  Water sources were more reliable on this route and it was easier to cross the Cascades near the river. When they got near present day Portland, they proceeded south to settle in the...
Oregon at Last!

Oregon at Last!

Once the Oregon Trail pioneers left the Snake River they were technically in the Oregon Territory. But this was the not the part of Oregon where they wanted to be.  Western Oregon is a semi-arid high plains.  The pioneers wanted to get over the Cascades and into the...