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Oregon-California Trails Association

The mission of the Oregon-California Trails Association is to protect the Historic Emigrant Trails legacy by promoting research, education, preservation activities and public awareness of the trails, and to work with others to promote these causes.

We are a non-profit, 501 (C) (3) association founded in 1982 with headquarters in historic Independence, MO and eleven chapters nationwide. For more information www.octa-trails.org.

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12:29

Historic Trails on the Independence (MO) Square

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Cemetery Restoration

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Manifest Destiny: An OCTA Lecture

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2025 Outtakes

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8:56

How the El Camino Real shaped early Texas

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23:21

The First American Mountain Man: An OCTA Lecture

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An OCTA Lecture: How Early Explorations put Colorado on the Map

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In the Archives 3 - A Couple of Tools

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For Fox Sake: An OCTA Lecture

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2025 Emigrant Hall of Fame

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35:18

Living History Lecture: James Beckwourth

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14:22

In the Archives - Episode 2

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35:30

[Full Length] Oregon Trail Historians Attempt the Video Game

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3:10

Idaho Chapter & Treasure Valley Model A Club

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3:39

4th of July Celebrations along the Trail

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9:38

Historians React to Kevin Costner's "The West"

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Shared 6 months ago

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Setting up an Ox-Drawn Covered Wagon

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8:45

Historic Places in Mundane Spaces - Salt Lake City Edition

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31:09

Shoshone History Then and Now

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OCTA's 2025 Annual Convention in Pueblo, CO

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Attempting to Survive The Oregon Trail

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Can trail historians survive The Oregon Trail game?

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45:23

Westward Expansion from 30,000 Ft: History That Doesn't Suck

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Model A Tour of the Oregon Trail Back-Country Byway

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Historians React 2: The Most and Least Accurate Trail Movies

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Dogs Along the Trails: Tough Decisions at Elm Grove

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Geological History of the Bonneville Basin: An OCTA Lecture

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10:28

Historic Homes: Rice-Tremonti

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Artifacts from the Archives

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Trails at Horsehead Crossing on Pecos.

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Part 2: How Independence and Kansas City Became Trailheads

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18:12

Last Stand of Fort Lancaster: Defending Wagon Trains and Mail Carriers

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Shared 10 months ago

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23:39

How Independence & Kansas City Became Trailheads for the Oregon/California/Santa Fe Trails, Part I

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From Carriages to Cars

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Part Two: Who and Where the W came from

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9:32

George & Isabella Bush: The kindness that settled Tumwater

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13:37

Historians React to "American Primeval"

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A Native Pespective on Walla Walla & Western Emigration: An OCTA Lecture

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Kansas City, Jim Bridger, & The Port to the West

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What do we do with it all? The Hopper Collection

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9:12

Walking in the Footsteps of Pioneers: Exploring the Oregon - California Trail's Majestic Landmarks

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11:48

Fort Phil Kearny and the Bozeman Trail: The Arapaho, Cheyenne, & Lakota and the US Army

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Desperado Lewis H. Musgrove and the Musgrove Gang: Thieves, Highwaymen, & Murderers of the Wild West

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A Woman of Fortitude: Marie Dorion

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Cemetery at Camp Far West

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Cherokee Trail Passage Around Grayback Ridge: An OCTA Lecture

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Peter Lassen's Found(ry): Forging a Future of Foundries and Canals

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Discovering Colorado's Cherokee and Overland Trails: A Cinematic History Adventure by Drone.

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Finding The Original Oregon Trail: An OCTA Lecture

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Death of a Gunfighter: The Notorious Jack Slade

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The Defining Role of Indigenous Women in the History of Frenchtown

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Over the Cliff: Unveiling an Ancient Indian "Buffalo Jump" and its Vital Role in Mass Bison Kills

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The Women Who Survived the Platte River Raids

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Native Tribes in the Pacific North West: Umatilla Reservation

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Peter Lassen: Quality Construction & the Trail of Death

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Frequently Asked Questions about the Oregon and California Trails

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New Mission, Same Legacy: Marcus Whitman and His Shifting Purpose in Cayuse Country

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15:43

Escape From the Mountain Meadows Massacre

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The Emigrant Trails Hall of Fame Class of 2024

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Living History: Teens Trekking the Tracks of the Donner Party

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