The Men Who Blazed the Oregon Trail — Market Mad House
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4 min readAug 1, 2020
Strangely; for a nation that prides itself on its pioneer heritage, America has forgotten some of its important pioneers. Three forgotten pioneers are the men who blazed the Oregon Trail; Robert Gray, Wilson Price Hunt, and Robert Stuart.
It was and Stuart, not Lewis and Clark, who pioneered the route American settlers took the West Coast in the 19th Century. Lewis and Clark, were the first U.S. Citizens to travel overland to the Pacific Coast in 1803; but their route was dangerous and impractical.
