“The Oregon Trail is this nation’s longest graveyard. Nearly one in ten emigrants who set off on the trail did not survive.” nps.gov/scbl/planyourv
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“Of the estimated 350,000 who started the journey, disease may have claimed as many as 30,000 victims. Since the trail was 2,000 miles, this would indicate that there was an average of 10-15 deaths per mile. “
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