Close your eyes for a moment… Imagine the sound of prairie grass whipping in the wind, the whistling and whispers of mother nature breaking the silence of an otherwise empty plain. Imagine the smell of fresh Earth rolling and spinning beneath the creaking wagon wheels below you. Dust clouds dance like smoke towers over an evening campfire, the ash, grease, and fried bread filling your nostrils with hope after a tiresome day’s journey. As the sun sets, you find the comfiest swatch in a bundle of worn blankets and lay on flat ground as the fireflies announce the oncoming night. In the distance, you may hear the call of a coyote making an early headway on his dinner, the anxious mules and livestock grunting in the dark. You don’t know what the next day will bring, but you know it’s one day less between you, your destination, and the expansive wilderness in between. All is well…

Often, this is the naive romanticism you see written regarding the legendary Oregon Trail and the quests to conquer its trials by settlers who attempted to travel it. Rarely was the journey this docile or serene -- the Oregon Trail was filled with hardships, disease, and death. The only accurate detail of the prior passage might be the relief felt as dusk gave way to dawn and the migration was one day shorter. To paint a more accurate picture of what it was like to traverse the frontier, we’re time traveling back 175 years to prove a day-in-the-life glance of the Oregon trail, and the ruthless intensity faced by those who lived it -- if they were lucky enough to survive and tell the tale…

0:00 Introduction
1:55 Morning
10:13 Afternoon
12:53 Evening

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