Symbols Key:
1.) The dedication which reads, "In 1843, tales were told in the East of a 'Promised Land', a wild bountiful territory on the far edge of the continent. The 2000 mile adventure between there and here was called the Oregon Trail."
2.) The Ohio Star Quilt pattern is\ made up of images of rifles, knives, wagon wheels, horse shoes, and wooden water buckets, representing\ the tools used on the trek.
3.) The paddle wheel steam boat magnifies how emigrants from the east got to the Kansas/Missouri border to get to the starting point of the Oregon Trail.
4.) The green marble at the top of the mural represents the halls of power of the eastern United States.
5.) The American Flag in 1836 shows our patriotism and pride.
6.) The courthouse in Independence, Missouri, was the official starting point of the trail.
7.) A group of pioneers leaving Fort Laramie, Wyoming.
8.) A wagon train heading westward.
9.) Rawhide thongs holding up buffalo hide.
10.) Buffalo hide tanning on a rack.
11.) Ceremonial Eagle feathers used by many tribes on the plains.
12.) The Elephant button which represented a saying that if you"saw the elephant you were compelled to go West."
13.) Traditional Native American bead work.
14.) Traditional Native American Porcupine Quill Belt.
15.) Shows a traditional Plains Indian encampment.
16.) Red pipestone pendant with a buffalo skull incorporating Sioux design.
18.) Pioneers meeting a tribe of Plains Indians on the open prairie.
19.) Courthouse and Jailhouse Rocks on the North Platte River, in Nebraska.
20.) The 500 foot Chimney Rock along the North Platte River, in Nebraska.
21.) Eagle Rock at Scotts Bluff, Nebraska.
22.) At Independence Rock, Wyoming, it was a tradition for an emigrant to carve their name on the rock. It was named this because wagon trains that left in mid-May would reach it in time for the Fourth of July to celebrate.
23.) The platform burial by the Plains Indians was symbolic in the passing of their way of life.
24.) Devil's Gate on the Sweetwater River in Wyoming.
25.) The Sweetwater River, Wyoming.
26.) A herd of elk; very important on the trek.
27.) The Brown Bear, another important game encountered upon by pioneers.
28.) Rafting down the Columbia River with Beacon Rock in the background.
29.) Mt. Hood was the last obstacle pioneers needed to worry about on the Oregon Trail.
30.) The two rock graves at Wind River Range, South Pass Utah, show how life was hard on the trail and could lead to death.
31.) Spirit Caves pictographs near Barrier Canyon, Utah.
32.) Hell's Canyon/Snake River, Idaho/Oregon border.
33.) Winter snow at the City of the Rocks, Idaho, shows that if caught in the snow death was inevitable.
34.) Native Americans salmon fishing at Celilo Falls on the Columbia River, near The Dalles, Oregon.
35.) Mt. Mcloughlin, Klamath Falls, Oregon
36.) Northwest Tribal names - see sidebar to right
37.) Traditional basket weave totem figures.
38.) Woven fish net over the Mckenzie River.
39.) Woven mat, Flying Geese design.
40.) The Three Sisters Wilderness.
41.) Deer in an Eastern Oregon meadow.
42.) The Willamette River.
43.) Heceta Head Beach at sunset, Florence, Oregon.