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The 27 pages that link to Oregon Trail, each with the reason it gives.

• American frontierBroader topic: Its migration helped establish settlements beyond the Rocky Mountains.

• Lewis and Clark ExpeditionRelated: Knowledge of the overland route later contributed to travel across the West, though migration followed different paths and came decades later.

• Pacific NorthwestRelated: Its migrations transformed settlement and land control in the region.

• Westward expansionBroader topic: Thousands of settlers used this route to reach western territories.

• Oregon TreatyRelated: Growing American migration strengthened the United States’ claim to Oregon Country.

• Oregon CountryRelated: Its growing traffic helped turn U.S. claims into permanent settlement.

• John C. FrémontRelated: Frémont's early survey helped describe a route already drawing migration westward.

• OregonRelated: The trail brought thousands of settlers west and transformed the region’s population.

• Portland, OregonRelated: Migration along the trail helped bring settlers to the Willamette Valley near Portland.

• Bozeman TrailRelated: The Bozeman Trail branched from it near Fort Laramie.

• Mormon TrailCompared with: The Mormon Trail shared parts of this corridor but led to a different destination.

• Western United StatesBroader topic: Its migration helped establish U.S. settlement in the Pacific Northwest.

• NebraskaRelated: Its route crossed Nebraska, bringing migration and commerce through the territory.

• American WestBroader topic: Its emigrant traffic made overland migration a defining feature of western settlement.

• IdahoRelated: Its routes brought settlers through southern Idaho toward Oregon.

• Oregon boundary disputeRelated: Growing American migration increased the political pressure to secure Oregon for the United States.

• Willamette RiverRelated: The river valley became a major destination for people traveling the trail.

• Hells CanyonRelated: Its travelers crossed the wider Snake River country near, but not through, the canyon.

• BoiseRelated: Its routes and traffic helped shape settlement across the region around Boise.

• Ezra MeekerNarrower topic: The trail Meeker traveled became the central subject of his later work.

• Jim BridgerRelated: Bridger guided emigrants along sections of the trail and routes branching from it.

• North Platte RiverRelated: Emigrant parties followed the North Platte west toward the Rocky Mountains.

• Benjamin BonnevilleRelated: His journeys crossed routes later used by emigrants heading toward Oregon.

• Chimney Rock National Historic SiteRelated: Emigrants on this route used Chimney Rock as a prominent landmark.

• EugeneRelated: Migration along the trail brought settlers into the valley during Eugene’s early settlement period.

• History of OregonRelated: The trail carried thousands of U.S. settlers into Oregon during the mid-nineteenth century.

• Pierre-Jean De SmetRelated: De Smet’s journeys followed routes that overlapped with expanding westward migration.