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The official end of the Oregon Trail. Marker is in Oregon City Oregon in Clackamas County.

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. The Oregon Trail was a route used by people who traveled to Oregon Country which is what Oregon was called before it became a state in 1859. It could only be traveled by horseback or on foot. Oregon City was the end of the trail for many because it was where land claims were granted for Oregon Washington Idaho and Wyoming.

History End of the Oregon Trail History We are OPEN 9am to 5pm Monday through Saturday and 10am to 5pm on Sunday. From about 1811 to 1840 the Oregon Trail was laid down by traders and fur trappers. After making the long and exhausting journey west pioneers would file their land claim at the Government Land Office in Oregon City.

Marker can be reached from Washington Street near Abernethy Road on. Please note last admission to Interpretive Center is 330pm. The pioneer past is literally at your fingertips at the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Oregon City.

Oregon City Oregon is generally recognized as the western end of the Oregon Trail the route followed by many wagon trains bringing many migrants to the Pacific Northwest. She added more of the factual history of Independence so that readers could sense just what an important place Independence held as the end of the Oregon Trail. While this was the.

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