American History Central’s Historical Marker of the Day (HMOTD) is the “Here the Oregon Trail Began.” This marker is on Liberty Street in Independence, Missouri, in Jackson County.
Inscription
This monument honors the pioneer spirit of those courageous men and women who by their heroic trek across the continent established homes and civilization in the Far Northwest.
Details
The marker was erected by the Jackson County Court in 1948.
What is the Oregon Trail?
The Oregon Trail is the most famous of the Overland Trails used by thousands of American pioneers who emigrated to Oregon and other western territories during the age of Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion. Frontiersman Robert Stuart blazed it in 1812–1813 and was most popular from 1841 to 1869.
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