Oregon Trail

proper noun

A large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail that traversed from east to west in the United States and connected the Missouri River to the valleys in Oregon Territory.

Meanings

proper nounthe Oregon Trail
  1. historicalA large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail that traversed from east to west in the United States and connected the Missouri River to the valleys in Oregon Territory.
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APA

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