Oregon Trail | Can’t Sleep? Learn About America’s Great Migration
About this episode
This episode explores the network of routes of the Oregon Trail and its impact on American migration.
The Oregon Trail was more than a single path across the American West. This episode explores the network of routes that carried hundreds of thousands of emigrants toward Oregon, California, and beyond, and how those trails changed over time. Along the way, you’ll hear about famous cutoffs, river crossings, mountain passes, frontier forts, and the geography that shaped one of the largest overland migrations in American history. It’s steady and consistent, with no whispering and no sudden changes, just enough to give your mind something to follow as you wind down. Happy sleeping! Read with permission from Oregon Trail, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Trail), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. — Ad-free episodes: icantsleep.supportingcast.fmHave a topic in mind? Request a topic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Benjamin Boster
Topics covered
- Oregon Trail
- American migration
- historical routes
- frontier history
- geography
- overland migration
Keywords
- Oregon Trail
- migration
- routes
- American history
- frontier forts
- river crossings
- mountain passes
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Wikipedia, Glassbox Media
Books & works: Oregon Trail
Places: Oregon, California
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