East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-21

= Whole families left their comfort
Il able homes and friends, family tie
We're broken and business connection
G severed. for the purpose of joining il
= that mad rush for the mysterious lan(
Z across the mountains where home
! might be secured for the taking.
e Perils were considered as nouGht
:. but with faces set resolutely TOWARD
5 the setting sun, the pioneers of the
2 great Northwest set out to subdue the
wilderness and establish homes where
{ rolls the "Oregon." The Old Oregon
Trail proper. began at Independence
Missouri, as did the Sante Fee trails
For Al miles the two trails pursued
the same course, then they forked, the
Sante Fc heading southwest and the
Oregon Trail to the northwest.
Road to Oregon
At the forks of the road was a sim
pie sign reading, Road to oregon"
That sign would be worth its weight
in gold today to any storical society.
The old Oregon Trail ran to the north
west along the Little Blue river until
it struck the valley of the Platte about
800 miles from Independence.
The route then lay up the Platte to
! Il point near the forks of the Platte
where there were two routes, The
| Oregon Trail followed the south fork
for n short distance then turned north
west and reached the north fork past
what is now Chevenne. reaching Lar
annie Wyomino which was the last
post on the eastern side of the Rock
les. The famous Indepcndence Rock,
S3S miles from Independcnce. was one
of the most noteworthy and we'll
known features on tho trail The
route Law through what is now Rock
Springs and Green River wyoming.
At what is now Granger. the route
Law across the mountains to what was
called the South Pass, elevation 745O
feet, Fort Bridger wyoming was the
first resting nlace west of the Rockies.
1000 miles from the Missouri
The route now Law northwest to So
da Strings on the bir Rend of Rcar
river in tbo soutbwo.t corne,. of Ido.
bo tbcnco ocross +bo divide ho+uenn
tbn Roar opd tbe port Neuf ,ive,s |
thence nm to For+ II,n noor +he .ite
or tbe ,rba+ &c NOW poco+o,lo Idaho |
Fort non u.os , fo,,o,,s o,,+,,ost j., |
tbo oo,.,,, d,,.,, ,,,,1 for ,o,,,, 4i,,,o ,,-c
tho fartheat o,,tnost of oiriIiuation,
The Trail fo,Ioped tho snol;o river
for q 1onp distance noss;ng u,bo+ i,
nou, Amnrican TaI1s BnrIe, Tu,in
Fovl Shoshono E,au soIrnoy FolIs
ond +bon ,oross +ho ,,;,.o, a. ,,,,,,t l.,
now Roiso Idaho THO Troi, crnssod
the snake rivc, noor tbo month of
tho pniso ,i,,o,. ~ ,,.,,ot is ,,o,,, Do.
ma Id.bo ,,,.t ttn tou,,,s of I-olo ,rd
Optario and nm to Burnt ri,.or cop-
Won ,,-hiol, ,,o, oo,,siaornd o,,c of +ho
worst nieces of road IN tho entiro
trail hut whic bis nou, q scnnic b,gb-
wav Tho Trail fool, n canvo,, y little
south of what is non, oolloa ploosor+
valley ond Uandod its vov ocrose tho
low foothills IA what 10 NOW, col,ed
the Virtue Fiat coming into tho pow
der river valley .t tho noss ncor tho
old Flagstaff mine abont six miles east
of Raler A we'll was ding at tbis noint
where the thirsty travellers slaked the
thirst of tbemselves and their cattle
The Trai, traversed the valley coming
out at the nresen+ site of North pow
der. The Grand Ronde valley was
reached bv wav of Tadd,s canvon the
vav leading mast tbe nresent site of
La Grande and on over the Blue noun
tains, mast Meacham. ON to the lima
lila near the present site of Pendle-
ON. the Round-Up city.
The road over the BIue mountains
saw little change since the days of
1870 until the last year when much
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