Where does 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 began in St. Louis, Mo., and ended in either the British outpost of Fort Vancouver or in Oregon City, Ore. The trail started in Missouri and then passed through or touched six other U.S. states. 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. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail spanned part of the future state of Kansas, and nearly all of what are now the states of Nebraska and Wyoming. read more