360° Panoramic Views & Full-Motion Video!
Live the Adventure. Can you survive the dangers of the long journey-raging rivers, buffalo stampedes, sickness and gunshot wounds? Your adventure comes to life with travel, 360° panoramic views and full-motion video.

Pioneer Adventures
Experience the adventure of The Oregon Trail and stake your claim in the Old West. Survival hinges on the many crucial decision you'll make. With a different outcome each time you play, there's no end to the game fun to be had. But time's a wasting. Hit the trail.

 #1 with kids 8-12*, The Oregon Trail series challenges children to build real-life skills
 


Educational Benefits learned from Oregon Trail 4th Edition

• Problem solving
• Decision making
• Critical thinking
• Managing a budget
• Following directions
• Handling emergencies
• Map Reading and reading (learn to read) software lesson
• History
• Geography
• Social studies

The Real Oregon Trail

The year is 1848...

Perhaps you are a farmer from New England, or a teacher from Alabama, or a freed slave from Virginia. No matter what your background, you are consumed with the prospect of an incredible opportunity the chance to move West and start a new life.

You've heard stories about people who have already traveled the Oregon Trail. Young and old, rich and poor, individuals and families - people from all walks of life - have been embarking upon this great journey. The reason? Free, fertile farmland for anyone brave enough to make the trip. And now you want to make the journey yourself!

It had all started about 50 years before. Over the first half of the nineteenth century, the United States acquired most of the land west of the Mississippi River from France, Great Britain, and other countries. At first, only a few hardy fur trappers and "mountain men" went West. But then, in 1836, a small group of missionaries traveled all the way to present-day Oregon, proving that the trip could be made by entire families. In 1842, a man named John Fremont made a map of the Oregon Trail, and emigrants began traveling the route in large numbers. Over the next six years, about 15,000 people headed West. In 1849, gold was discovered in California and 30,000 fortune hunters took to the trail. By the early 1860s, when the migration died down, more than 300,000 people had moved West on the Oregon Trail.

Even in the later years, when forts and general stores had been established, the trip was exhausting and dangerous. The rough trail made riding in a wagon so bumpy that most people walked the entire 2,000 miles. There were raging rivers to cross and buffalo stampedes to avoid. The weather could be unbearably hot or brutally cold. Life-threatening diseases like cholera or influenza could strike at any time.

The keys to overcoming the challenges of the trail were good planning and decision-making Who should you travel with? What supplies should you bring along? Which way should you go when you reach a fork in the trail?

The world will probably never again see such a massive, voluntary migration. But for more than 25 years now, kids of all ages have used a marvelous computer program called The Oregon Trail to experience the adventures and dangers of this exciting period of American history. We hope you'll agree that this new edition is the best Oregon Trail ever. Happy trails to you!

Oregon Trail 4th Edition cd Software software or game Requirements for PC use

• Microsoft windows 95/98/Me or XP
• 166 MHz or faster
• 50MB hard drive space
• DVD-ROM drive
• graphics accelerator card recommended
• Installation of QuickTime 5.0