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• Coon Oregon Trail Diary

  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~orbenton/COONDIAR.htm
  The diary of James Madison Coon and Nancy Iness (Miller) Coon while traveling on the Oregon Trail from Mercer County, Illinois to Clackamas County, Oregon in 1847.

• In Search of the Oregon Trail

  http://www.pbs.org/opb/oregontrail/
  Examines the myths and the facts from the history of the Oregon Trail.

• Oregon Pioneer Biographies

  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~orgenweb/pioneerbios.html
  Lists biographies of early Oregon pioneers and shares stories of the early settlement of the Oregon Territory, including early Donation Land Claim holders.

• Oregon Pioneers Project

  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~orpionpr/
  A list of settlers in Oregon who migrated to or were born in Oregon prior to 1900 that can be obtained by e-mail.

• Oregon Trail Pioneers

  http://www.oregonpioneers.com/ortrail.htm
  Focuses on the pioneers of the Oregon Territory up to and including 1855 with features on explorers, fur traders, missionaries, Indians, and wagon train lists.

• Oregon Trail: The Trail West

  http://www.vlib.us/old_west/trails/othist.html
  Following the Oregon Trail west from Missouri, through Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Idaho to Oregon, this site provides links to historical sites discussing frontier and pioneer life along the trail.

• The Oregon Trail - J. Francis Parkman Jr.

  http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/hst/northamerican/TheOregonTrail/toc.html
  A transcription of J. Francis Parkman Jr.'s text that chronicles his experience crossing America in 1846 on the Oregon Trail.

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