ocr: Introduction What was it like to cross 2,000 miles of plains, rivers, and mountains in 1848? "The Oregon Trail" allows you to relive one of the greatest adventures in American history: the journey taken by thousands of emigrants on the Oregon Trail. It was a long, difficult journeylone that otten resulted in failure and death. But for those who succeeded, it led to a new and better life in the rich, fertile Willamette Valley of Oregon. How will you make lite-and-death decisions? How will you cross the rivers? How much and what kind of supplies should you take along? Ify you run low on provisio ...