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The Oregon Trail is a computer game originally developed by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger in 1971 and produced by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) in 1974. The original game was designed to teach school children about the realities of 19th century pioneer life on the Oregon Trail. The player assumes the role of a wagon leader guiding his or her party of settlers from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon's Willamette Valley on the Oregon Trail via a covered wagon in 1848. The game is the first entry in the Oregon Trail series of games, and has since been released in many editions by various developers and publishers who have acquired rights to it, as well as inspiring a number of spinoffs (such as The Yukon Trail and The Amazon Trail) and the parody The Organ Trail.
The Oregon Trail was extremely successful, selling over 65 million copies, after ten iterations over forty years. It was included in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die. It was a hallmark in elementary schools worldwide from the mid-1980s to mid-2000s, as school computers came bundled with the game.
The Oregon Trail is a 2,200-mile (3,500 km) historic east–west large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail spanned part of the future state of Kansas and nearly all of what are now the states of Nebraska and Wyoming. The western half of the trail spanned most of the future states of Idaho and Oregon.
The Oregon Trail was laid by fur trappers and traders from about 1811 to 1840 and was only passable on foot or by horseback. By 1836, when the first migrant wagon train was organized in Independence, Missouri, a wagon trail had been cleared to Fort Hall, Idaho. Wagon trails were cleared further and further west, eventually reaching all the way to the Willamette Valley in Oregon. What came to be called the Oregon Trail was complete, even as improved roads, cutoffs, ferries and bridges made the trip faster and safer almost every year. From various starting points in Missouri, Iowa or Nebraska Territory, the routes converged along the lower Platte River Valley near Fort Kearny, Nebraska Territory and led to rich farmlands west of the Rocky Mountains.
Oregon (i/ˈɔːrᵻɡən/ AWR-ə-gən) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Oregon is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the north by Washington, on the south by California, on the east by Idaho, and on the southeast by Nevada. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary, and the Snake River delineates much of the eastern boundary. The parallel 42° north delineates the southern boundary with California and Nevada. It is one of only three states of the contiguous United States to have a coastline on the Pacific Ocean, and the proximity to the ocean heavily influences the state's mild winter climate, despite the latitude.
Oregon was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before Western traders, explorers, and settlers arrived. An autonomous government was formed in the Oregon Country in 1843, the Oregon Territory was created in 1848, and Oregon became the 33rd state on February 14, 1859. Today, at 98,000 square miles, Oregon is the ninth largest and, with a population of 4 million, 26th most populous U.S. state. The capital of Oregon is Salem, the second most populous of its cities, with 160,614 residents (2013 estimate). With 609,456 residents (2013 estimate), Portland is the largest city in Oregon and ranks 29th in the U.S. Its metro population of 2,314,554 (2013 estimate) is 24th. The Willamette Valley in western Oregon is the state's most densely populated area, home to eight of the ten most populous cities.
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Portland, Oregon’s largest little city, is a bastion of creative living, excellent food, happy inebriation and devotion to the great outdoors. Grab the embed code for this video at Times Video: http://nyti.ms/1O461WU Produced by: FRITZIE ANDRADE, AVA BENJAMIN, ANDREW HIDA, WILL LLOYD and SARAH BRADY VOLL Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/1Kd7mrZ Subscribe to the Times Video newsletter for free and get a handpicked selection of the best videos from The New York Times every week: http://bit.ly/timesvideonewsletter Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n Watch more videos at: http://nytimes.com/video --------------------------------------------------------------- Want more from The New York Times? Twitter: https://twitter.com/nytvideo Instagram: http://instagram.com/nytvideo F...
This video is the most Oregon thing to ever happen. Share on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/138ethb (you can change the note) Share on Twitter: http://bit.ly/138eAt3 (you can customize the tweet) Song Credit: http://soundcloud.com/keaton-fitzsimmons/kanye-style-beat Made In Oregon Sign Still via Flickr User kworth30 http://www.flickr.com/photos/kworth30/2275952065/ Beer Aisle Still by flickr user aidanwojtas http://www.flickr.com/photos/aidanwojtas/5626696540/ Umbrella Still by Flickr User Tracie Neistert http://www.flickr.com/photos/53553325@N06/7145981897/ Bike in the Rain Still by flickr user Hive http://www.flickr.com/photos/hive/451598078/sizes/o/in/photostream/ Swimming Hole Still Flicker User Austinevan http://www.flickr.com/photos/austinevan/2730267908 Saturday Market by flick...
I do not own the copyright to this recording so if it needs to be removed, I will remove it. if u like this album please buy it for the full experience 1.North Star (Towner) -00:00 2. Rough Places Plsin (Towner/Walcott) - 05:59 3. Sail (Walcott) - 09:17 4. At the Hawk's Well (Moore) -13:51 5. Children of God (Oregon) - 17:03 6. Opening (Oregon) - 18:12 7. Naiads (McCandless/Moore) -23:45 8. Shard/Spring Is Really Coming (Oregon) -25:48 9. Bell Spirit (McCandless/Walcott) -29:17 10. Baku the Dream Eater (Towner) - 30:00 11. Silence of a Candle (Towner)-34:27 12. Land of Heart's Desire - 36:16 13. Swan (McCandless) - 39:41 14. Touchstone (Towner) -43:35 Ralph Towner - Guitar Collin Walcott - Percussion, Violin, Sitar, Tabla Glen Moore - Bass, Flute, Piano, Guitar (Bass) Paul McCandles...
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Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scotttakade/ (↓↓ click show more ↓↓) Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ScottTakade Oregon RB De'Anthony Thomas Junior 5'9 174 lbs Check out my backup channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT48sLMEjRc40Ts-cm70E3w Intro & Outro song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k1FRzJn5VI (All rights go to University of Oregon, ESPN, Fox Sports, xosdigitalsports, Oregon Athletics, PAC-12 Network, ACC Digital Network, T3MediaSports, Universal Music Group, the NCAA & it's broadcasters. I do not own the music and the footage used in this video. No copyright infringement intended. I do not gain any profit from my videos. For entertainment purposes only)
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VIDEO DIARIES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdHx4_jsSMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNPS8wxWslc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJdRO65xX9Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gLdMRuiDxU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRgEEljzE6g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EksjhWF0zqE -LIVING IN OREGON- GoPro Adventure Filmed by: Michael Kerkering, Ryan Spaulding, & Ryan England Edited by: Michael Kerkering MUSIC: Lorde - Tennis Court (Flume Remix) Location: Oregon CAMERAS: GoPro Hero 4 BLK, LUMIX FZ-1000 & DJI Phantom 3 @Michaelkerkering3 MKSTUDIOS94@Gmail.com In this Jay Alvarrez parody video I do my best to show that Oregon can be its own Dreamworld. Like many I grew up in the beautiful state of Oregon. With the trend #ExploreOregon becoming so popular I thought I would make a short film...
Did you see me at Westport Landing
On the wide Missouri shore?
Did you hear the west wind calling
In the spring of forty-four?
[Chorus]
If the mud don't stay and the cattle don't stray
We can make Fort Kearny by the middle of May
If the mud don't stay and the cattle don't stray
We can make Fort Kearny by the middle of May
Did you see me at old Fort Kearny?
Did you hear my trumpets blow?
Did you write your name in stone, boys
On the great Platte River road?
[Chorus]
If the wolf don't howl in the dark of the moon
We can make Scotts Bluff by the middle of June
If the wolf don't howl in the dark of the moon
We can make Scotts Bluff by the middle of June
Did you see that endless prairie
Blowin' clean and pure and free?
Did you hear that rollin' thunder
On the wild Nebraska sea?
Did you climb the shining mountains?
Did you cross that Great Divide?
Did you pray to God Almighty
To let you down the other side?
[Chorus, but only by C.W.]
Roll wagons, rollin' rollin'
Roll wagons, rollin' home
Roll wagons, rollin' rollin'
Roll wagons, rollin' home
Did you see me out on the desert?
Did you see my oxen die?
Did you find a drop of water?
Did you hear my children cry?
[Chorus]
If the sun don't shine and the river don't rise
We can make South Pass by the fourth of July
If the sun don't shine and the river don't rise
We can make South Pass by the fourth of July
Did you see the high Sierra
Far beyond the burning sand?
Did you find that golden valley?
Did you reach the Promised Land?
[Chorus]
If the snow don't fly and the river don't dry
We can make that valley before we die
If the snow don't fly and the river don't dry