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The Real Pioneer Killer

Posted By Christian CalhounCategory: Featured, Featured History, History, SurvivalTags: History of the Oregon Trail, Oregon Trail, sickness, Sickness and Disease

History books today have painted the Oregon Trail as a wonderful story full of trails, songs around the campfire and Indian fights. However, the Oregon Trail was so much more. One of ten people would die soon after they started the trek across the country towards Oregon, Utah and [...]

Our goal at Surviving The Oregon Trail is to provide helpful resources to benefit home school families, teachers and students in the areas of reading, writing, vocabulary, art, history, geography, homesteading, emergency awareness and preparedness and last but certainly not least community!

We desire not only to educate but also to build a community of friends and family to help encourage and inspire one another! We hope you will become a member of our growing community and share the things you learn with us and our visitors! We'd love to have you aboard our wagon train!

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