content: This was a grand book. I have read many books on the Oregon Trail. This one rates right up at the top. My family were pioneers who came to Oregon later, leaving Ohio but going to Colorado to mine. When the gold ran out, they started to Oregon in 1870. My ggg grandmother died on the trail and is buried in an unknown grave in Colorado. I loved marching along with these folks as the maps and renditions take the reader mile after mile on their weary way.Although they did leave out a bit about coming down the snake river and into Baker valley, skipping over that to reach the next valley which is La Grande and the Grand Ronde valley. There is a beautiful historical center at Baker which is all about the history of the Oregon Trail.I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the history of the migration. All school children should read it. The struggles these folks went thru to find their dreams will make them shudder.