Throughout 2018 Oregon will be commemorating an epic event the foretold the history of the west. 175 years ago, the first wagons struck out on the Oregon Trail undertaking what would become the largest, unforced migration in history, forever changing the culture of the true west. The impact of the Oregon Trail on the Native Americans, coupled with the pure daily drama encounter by the emigrants, forged the story of the people who now call Oregon, and particularly Eastern Oregon home.
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