The Oregon Trail

 
Photo of marker by Bob Walter, Pittsburg, KS
Site of the Oregon Trail
1830 [covered wagon] 1876
 
Over 300,000 persons passed along
this trail in the years of its use
to build an empire beyond our
western frontier
 
[Bronze seal of the United Spanish War Veterans]
 
Erected in 1940 by the Department of Kansas, United Spanish War Veterans
and
Auxiliary United Spanish War Veterans

Quiring Monument Co., Wichita

 
Marker photo & text sent by Robert Walter, Pittsburg, KS

Pottawatomie County  
In front of St. Mary's College
U.S. 24
St. Marys, Kansas
Pottawatomie County
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