The South Alternate Route of the Oregon Trail

The South Alternate Route of the Oregon Trail (HM20PM)

Location: Adrian, OR 97901 Malheur County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 43.99', W 117° 4.455'

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During the late 19th century thousands of Americans left farms, families and friends to trek the Oregon Trail toward new lives in the West. The trail was nearly 2,000 miles across prairies, mountains and parched deserts. Contrary to popular belief, it was not a single set of parallel ruts leading from Missouri to the Willamette Valley. Pioneers, alway searching for short cuts or easier traveling often followed alternative routes, and on the wester portion of the journey they developed several: the Barlow Road, the path across the Columbia Plarteau, and the South Alternate Rout along the Snake River are the best known.
Native Americans traveled the course of the Snake River for centuries before fur trappers learned of the route in the early 1800s, and they in turn passed on the knowledge to westbound emigrants. By 1843, and for nearly thirty years thereafter, wagon trains followed the watershed of the Snake River from Fort Hall to Three Island Crossing near the town of Glens Ferry, Idaho. From this river crossing wagon companies often split: some forded the Snake River to gain the north bank; others follow there river's south bank. Those traveling the South Alternate Route avoided two crossings of the Snake and one of the Boise River. The hot, dry, dusty trail, which passed near this site, was more difficult than the northern route
and exacted a heavy toll from both emigrants and livestock.
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HM NumberHM20PM
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Placed ByOregon Travel Information Council, Malheur County Historical Society
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Date Added Sunday, August 13th, 2017 at 7:01pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)11T E 494020 N 4842239
Decimal Degrees43.73316667, -117.07425000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 43.99', W 117° 4.455'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 43' 59.4" N, 117° 4' 27.3" W
Driving DirectionsGoogle Maps
Area Code(s)541
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 786 Roswell Rd, Adrian OR 97901, US
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