Robert V. Short
Robert Valentine Short( March 31, 1823 – September 7, 1908) was an American politician and land surveyor in Oregon.
A native of Pennsylvania, he traveled the Oregon Trail where he eventually settled in Yamhill County.
He was a member of the Oregon Constitutional Convention and later the Oregon House of Representatives.
Short also served in the Indian Wars and lived in Portland.
Hiram Straight
Hiram Aldrich Straight( March 7, 1814 – January 8, 1897) was an American farmer and legislator in what became the state of Oregon.
A native of New York state, he would live in Iowa before traveling the Oregon Trail to what was then the Oregon Country.
In Oregon, he would serve in the Provisional Legislature of Oregon and the Oregon Territorial Legislature.
Along the Oregon Trail
Along the Oregon Trail is a 1947 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Earle Snell.
The film stars Monte Hale, Lorna Gray, Clayton Moore, Roy Barcroft, Max Terhune and Will Wright.
The film was released on August 30, 1947, by Republic Pictures.
Jesse Applegate
Jesse Applegate( July 5, 1811 – April 22, 1888) was an American pioneer who led a large group of settlers along the Oregon Trail to the Oregon Country.
He was an influential member of the early government of Oregon, and helped establish the Applegate Trail as an alternative route to the Oregon Trail.
Nathaniel Ford
Nathaniel Ford( c. 1795 – January 9, 1870) was an American politician and Oregon pioneer during the time of the Oregon Territory.
A native of Missouri, he worked as a sheriff in that state before moving to the Oregon Country where he was selected as judge in the Provisional Government of Oregon and served in the Oregon Territorial Legislature.
Ford also lost a civil case that freed his slaves who he had brought across the Oregon Trail from Missouri.
R. G. Springsteen
Robert G. Springsteen (September 8, 1904 – December 9, 1989) was an American director of Hollywood B movies and television shows.
He was most often credited on screen as R. G. Springsteen.
The Oregon Trail (1939 serial)
The Oregon Trail is a 1939 Universal movie serial starring Johnny Mack Brown.
Samuel C. Mills
During his lifetime, Samuel C. Mills was an American photographer, Civil War veteran, and a D.C. judge.
He is best known for his 1858 photographs from along the Oregon Trail and California Trail.
Tabitha Brown
Tabitha Moffatt Brown( May 1, 1780 – May 4, 1858) was an American pioneer colonist who traveled the Oregon Trail to the Oregon Country.
There she assisted in the founding of Tualatin Academy, which would grow to become Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon.
Brown was honored in 1987 by the Oregon Legislature as the" Mother of Oregon."
Luther Elkins
Luther Elkins( May 26, 1809 – December 13, 1887) was an American politician and pioneer in the state of Oregon.
Born in Cornville, Maine and married to Philotheta Williams, he immigrated to the Oregon Territory in 1852, overland via the Oregon Trail.
He served in the Oregon Territorial Legislature and was a delegate to the Oregon Constitutional Convention.
He was elected to the Oregon State Senate in 1858, serving in the 1859 special session, for which he was selected as the Oregon Senate's first President.
He also served in the 1860 regular session, again as president.
He died in 1887, on December 13, and is buried at the Pioneer Cemetery in Lebanon, Oregon.

Question: When did the director of film Along The Oregon Trail die?
Answer: December 9, 1989