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Before the Oregon Trails

In which you learn who lived in this region for thousands of years before the Europe immigrants, who explored much of the land for the United States, and who sent them.

You learn about the many adventures and perils of these early mountainmen, trappers and explorers, and why it took Lewis and Clark two years for a journey that would now take four days by road and two hours by aircraft. You also learn about their tremendous legacy.