The first major wagon train headed for…

May 1843 CE

The first major wagon train headed for the American Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from Elm Grove, Missouri (or, more likely, in Elm Grove, Kansas, across the river in Olathe) with one thousand pioneers on May 22, 1843.

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Olathe Johnson Kansas United States View →

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Oregon Country (claimed by (U.S.A. and Britain) View →

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Oregon Trail View → “Manifest Destiny” and American Expansion; 1840-1851 View →

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