Decision at the Dalles

The Oregon Trail, Part 2    

   The Columbia River could swallow them whole in an instant, never to be seen again. Men, women, and children - alike and without discrimination. When pioneers on the Oregon Trail had traveled over 2,000 miles, through sand and storm, draught and disease, they reached The Dalles, in the promised land of the Oregon Territory. Only 150 miles remained between them and their destination in Oregon City. But first, in The Dalles, a critical decision had to be made: Raft their wagons down the untamed Columbia, or take the cold and rugged Barlow Trail over Mt. Hood? Their lives might very well depend on the route they chose. READ MORE 

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