End of the Trail

 

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At long last and what a relief, Oregon City, Oregon the end of the trail.

The weary pioneers have covered a total of 2170 miles.

For 25 years as many as 650,000 pioneers may have come west.  No accurate records exist of the actual traffic. 

It is agreed that Oregon was the destination for most of the travelers.

California a close contender.  The remainder went to Utah,Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, and Washington.

This was the last of the so-called migrations. 

By 1866 the Union Pacific Railroad Company was formed.

By 1869 an emigrant could travel by rail.