Where did the oregon trail start?

Half a million settlers traveled from Missouri to Oregon in the 19th century along the site of the most famous migration in United States history: the Oregon Trail. Ten percent of those who traveled the trail from the 1840s to the 1860s died along the way, but the afflictions they faced – starvation and dysentery included – no longer pose the same dangers to modern travelers. read more

The Oregon Trail is a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) historic East–West, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. read more

The first major wagon train to the northwest departs from Elm Grove, Missouri, on the Oregon Trail. Although U.S. sovereignty over the Oregon Territory was not clearly established until 1846, American fur trappers and missionary groups had been living in the region for decades. read more