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No one "invented" it. It was a route settlers took to go to Oregon.
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the Oregon trail
it was called the Oregon trail
People got to Oregon by using the road called The Oregon Trail.
settlers wanted to stay close to the Missouri River.
Settlers wanted to stay close to the Missouri River.
The trail that settlers took to reach Portland, Oregon, from the Oregon Trail was the Barlow Road. It branched off from the main Oregon Trail near The Dalles and provided a more direct route to the Willamette Valley, including the future site of Portland.
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The Oregon Trail is the route that pioneers used to travel to Oregon.
The Oregon Trail is the route that pioneers used to travel to Oregon.
It takes approximately 7 days to travel from Oregon to NC, or NC to Oregon through route 90.