- Oregon Trail
- geographical name pioneer route to the Pacific Northwest about 2000 miles (3219 kilometers) long from vicinity of Independence, Missouri, to the Willamette-Columbia river region; used especially 1842-60
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Oregon Trail
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