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The Covered Wagon

192398 minEN

Two wagon caravans converge at what is now Kansas City, and combine for the westward push to Oregon. On their quest the pilgrims will experience desert heat, mountain snow, hunger, and Indian attack. To complicate matters further, a love triangle develops, as pretty Molly must chose between Sam, a brute, and Will, the dashing captain of the other caravan. Can Will overcome the skeleton in his closet and win Molly's heart?

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1840 → 1860

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Oregon Trail emigration eraprimary · overland migration period

The era of organized wagon-train migration from the Missouri River frontier to Oregon and other western destinations, especially prominent from the 1840s through the 1860s.

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Great Plainsdepicted · region

The broad grassland region traversed by emigrant wagon trains west of the Missouri River.

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