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1.) The dedication which
reads, "In 1843, tales were told in the East of a 'Promised
Land', a wild bountiful territory on the far edge of the
continent. The 2000 mile adventure between there and here
was called the Oregon Trail."
2.) The Ohio Star Quilt
pattern is made up of images of rifles, knives, wagon
wheels, horse shoes, and wooden water buckets, representing
the tools used on the trek.
3.) The paddle wheel steam
boat magnifies how emigrants from the east got to the
Kansas/Missouri border to get to the starting point of the
Oregon Trail.
4.) The green marble at
the top of the mural represents the halls of power of the
eastern United States.
5.) The American Flag in 1836
shows our patriotism and pride.
6.) The courthouse in
Independence, Missouri, was the official starting point of
the trail.
7.) A group of pioneers
leaving Fort Laramie, Wyoming.
8.) A wagon train
heading westward.
9.) Rawhide thongs holding up
buffalo hide.
10.) Buffalo hide
tanning on a rack.
11.) Ceremonial Eagle
feathers used by many tribes on the plains.
12.) The Elephant button
which represented a saying that if you "saw the elephant you
were compelled to go West."
13.) Traditional Native
American bead work.
14.) Traditional Native
American Porcupine Quill Belt.
15.) Shows a traditional
Plains Indian encampment.
16.) Red pipestone
pendant with a buffalo skull incorporating Sioux design.
17.) A bison herd upon the
plains grazing.
18.) Pioneers meeting a tribe
of Plains Indians on the open prairie.
19.) Courthouse and
Jailhouse Rocks on the North Platte River, in Nebraska.
20.) The 500 foot
Chimney Rock along the North Platte River, in Nebraska.
21.) Eagle Rock at Scotts
Bluff, Nebraska.
22.) At
Independence Rock, Wyoming, it was a tradition for an
emigrant to carve their name on the rock. It was named this
because wagon trains that left in mid-May would reach it in
time for the Fourth of July to celebrate.
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23.) The platform burial by the
Plains Indians was symbolic in the passing of their way of
life.
24.) Devil's Gate on
the Sweetwater River in Wyoming.
25.) The Sweetwater River,
Wyoming.
26.) A herd of elk; very important
on the trek.
27.) The Brown Bear,
another important game encountered upon by pioneers.
28.) Rafting down the Columbia
River with Beacon Rock in the background.
29.) Mt. Hood was the last
obstacle pioneers needed to worry about on the Oregon
Trail.
30.) The two rock graves at
Wind River Range, South Pass Utah, show how life was hard on
the trail and could lead to death.
31.) Spirit Caves
pictographs near Barrier Canyon, Utah.
32.) Hell's
Canyon/Snake River, Idaho/Oregon border.
33.) Winter snow at the
City of the Rocks, Idaho, shows that if caught in the snow
death was inevitable.
34.) Native Amerians salmon
fishing at Celilo Falls on the Columbia River, near The
Dalles, Oregon.
35.) Mt. Mcloughlin, Klamath
Falls, Oregon
36.) Northwest Tribal names:
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Tillamook
Siletz
Yaquina
Alsea
Siuslaw
Skilloot
Tolowa
Clatskanie
Kwatami
Walla Walla
Wyampam
Miluk Coos
Kalapuyans
Hovis Coos
Clatsop
Multnomah
Cathlemet
Molalla
Clackamas
Chastacosta
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Umpqua
Tutuni
Coquille
Chinooks
Yoncalla
Shasta
Chetco
Umatilla
Cayuse
North Pauite
Nez Perce
Tenino
Takelma
Taltushtuntude
Latc-Awa
Dakubetede
Bannock
Klammath
Shoshoni
Modoc
Wasco
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37.) Traditional basket weave
totem figures.
38.) Woven fish net over
the Mckenzie River.
39.) Woven mat, Flying Geese
design.
40.) The Three Sisters
Wilderness.
41.) Deer in an Eastern
Oregon meadow.
42.) The Willamette
River.
43.) Heceta Head Beach
at sunset, Florence, Oregon.
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