Gene Fowler Jr.
Gene Fowler Jr. (27 May 1917 – 11 May 1998), the eldest son of journalist and author Gene Fowler, was a prominent Hollywood film editor.
His work included films of Fritz Lang and Samuel Fuller and movies like Stanley Kramer's
"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963), John Cassavetes' "A Child Is Waiting" (1963) and "Hang 'Em High" (1968).
He was also the director of feature films as well as numerous television programs.
While the majority of his directorial work is regarded as minor efforts (Leonard Maltin lists only three of his seven features in his compendium)
, two of his films, "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" (1957) and "I Married a Monster from Outer Space" (1958), have gained some critical attention in retrospect.
Gene Fowler Jr. was married to film editor Marjorie Fowler from 1944 until his death.
He died in Woodland Hills, California of natural causes.
His brother Will Fowler (1922–2004) was a Hollywood screenwriter.
The Oregon Trail (1939 serial)
The Oregon Trail is a 1939 Universal movie serial starring Johnny Mack Brown.
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.
The Oregon Trail (1959 film)
The Oregon Trail is a 1959 American Color by Deluxe Western film directed by Gene Fowler Jr. and starring Fred MacMurray, William Bishop and Nina Shipman.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors John B. Mansbridge and Lyle R. Wheeler.
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."
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.
Robert Crouch Kinney
Robert Crouch Kinney( July 4, 1813 – March 2, 1875) was an American businessman and politician in what became the state of Oregon.
A native of Illinois, he helped found Muscatine, Iowa, before crossing the Oregon Trail and settling in what became Oregon.
In Oregon he was a prominent businessman in the milling business and served in the Oregon Territorial Legislature before being a member of the Oregon Constitutional Convention.
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.
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.
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.

Question: Where did the director of film The Oregon Trail (1959 Film) die?
Answer: Woodland Hills, California