Oregon Trail Monument Expedition. Of the old emigrant trail Clara Blake Morgan has written:
Aged and desolate, grizzled and still,
It creeps in slow curves round the base of the hill;
Of its once busy traffic is left little trace,
Not a hoof-print or wheel track is fresh on its face.
The Oregon trail is one of the most noted trails in America. Originally only a pathway, it was later worn deep and wide by the hoofs of stock and the grinding of the wagon wheels of the Oregon immigrants into a well-beaten wagon road. Yet it retained its original name.
Copyright, Gifford and Prentiss.
END OF THE OREGON TRAIL
View in City Park, The Dalles
When the ox team gave place to the iron horse, the old highway of Oregon became neglected; and although of unusual depth and width, it was evident that in time it would be effaced, and uncertainties arise as to its location, unless some one who had traveled over the route should mark its course.
Ezra Meeker Marks the Oregon Trail. Fortunately
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