Provides information about the wagons and animal teams to pull them.

From the PBS series, "Frontier House," read about the struggles that pioneers experienced as they made their ways west to new lands via wagon trains.

With information gathered from a wide variety of primary resources, this site offers not only recipes that pioneers and homesteaders used, but also tips on packing a wagon for a cross-country trip, and other words of advice for wagon...

Read what life was like for the pioneers traveling west in wagon trains, especially along the Oregon Trail.

Fourth graders will discuss the different types of transportation prior to the transcontinental railroad. They will also write an essay using the information discussed to present the pros and cons of transporting eggs to big cities by...

A well-researched and very readable essay discussing the food supplies pioneers carried with them on their journeys across the frontier to the West.

Information portal for the organization that oversees the preservation of the Oregon Trail, the California Trail, the Santa Fe Trail, the Applegate Trail, and the Mormon Trail.

Learn basic facts about the Oregon Trail and the early pioneers who used it in their move West.