2007-06-16 16.51.26 — 0.4 MB — map |
When the United States was young, it did what other mercantile regimes before it had done: It established trade relations with the natives of its "empire." |
2007-06-16 09.33.50 — 0.4 MB — map |
Traveling the Oregon Trail was tough. Why did they do it — those who went west in the days before planes, trains, and automobiles? |
2007-06-18 10.46.04 — 0.6 MB — map |
Gold mining lured people out of the United States to California, the Rocky Mountains, and the Black Hills. |
2007-06-17 10.04.52 — 0.6 MB — map |
Policing the Oregon Trail fell under the responsibility the Federal Army. |
2007-06-21 06.21.38 — 0.4 MB — map |
I traveled west to meet some Internet pen pals with whom I correspond daily about motorcycles. We thought it would be fun to get together in real life to ride some thrilling mountain roads through rustic Western scenery. |
2007-06-14 17.40.36 — 0.3 MB — map |
The Oregon Trail was merely the first of various kinds of infrastructure that have traversed the flat route. |
2007-06-27 10.10.08 — 0.4 MB |
Here are the all the snapshots I saved in the order I took them. |