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奥勒岗小俓(Oregon
Trail)的终点
地方性遗产
为什么要用栏杆把这三个篷车围起来？假如您再看仔细点，您就会发现它们不是那种专门供人乘坐的顶篷式运货马车，而是奥勒岗小俓终点说明中心(End
of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center)的入口遮雨篷，这是一座用来陈列奥勒岗小俓历史的博物馆。
奥勒岗小俓是以前的人们前往奥勒岗国(Oregon
Country)的必经途径，奥勒岗国是奥勒岗于1859年成为州前的名称。约1843至1870年代间，奥勒岗小俓是最多人使用的前往奥勒岗国的道路。小道的起点为密苏里州，终点为奥勒岗市，全长约2,000哩。
大部分的西行人口都搭乘顶篷式运货马车旅行，其能够容纳他们所有的财产及可以支撑数月的食物。另外，蓬车也提供了遮风躲雨的避难所。成双成对的牛或骡拖着蓬车沿着布满灰尘的小道前进。一般来说，人们不希望累坏了他们的牲畜，所以他们并不乘坐篷车，而改以走在车旁替换，因此就跟那些拉车的牛、骡一样，他们的身上也沾满灰尘。对人及牲畜来说，这都是一段漫长而艰苦的旅程。而对旅行中几经修复的篷车而言，这段旅程则更显困难。
为纪念拓荒者所经历的艰辛，奥勒岗市创建了这座博物馆，希望其他人可以藉此了解这些拓荒者的生活及经历。
Why are those three covered wagons surrounded by a fence? If you look closer you'll see that they aren't the kind of covered wagons you can ride in. They are being used as a canopy for the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, a museum devoted to the history of the Oregon Trail.
The Oregon Trail was a route used by people who traveled to Oregon Country, which is what Oregon was called before it became a state in 1859. The Oregon Trail was the most popular way to get to Oregon Country from about 1843 through the 1870s. The trail started in Missouri and covered 2,000 miles before ending in Oregon City.
Most people moving west traveled in covered wagons, which were large enough for all their belongings as well as the food they needed for a journey that could take months. The wagons also provided shelter from the weather. Teams of oxen or mules pulled the wagons along the dusty trail. People didn't ride in the wagons often, because they didn't want to wear out their animals. Instead they walked alongside them, getting just as dusty as the animals. The long journey was hard on both people and animals. It was even hard on the wagons, which usually had to be repaired several times during the trip.
To help remember the hardships these pioneers faced, Oregon City constructed this museum so others could learn about the lives and experiences of these pioneers.
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