In Oregon, The ZMM Route Cross The Visible Tracks of The Historical Oregon Trail, As The ZMM Gumption Chautauqua Continues.
…. It Required Plenty of Gumption in Man, Woman, Child, and Animal To Survive On The Oregon Trail In This Rough Country!

….“There are hundreds of different kinds of gumption traps, maybe thousands, maybe millions. I have no way of knowing how many I don’t know. I know it seems as though I’ve stumbled into every kind of gumption trap imaginable. What keeps me from thinking I’ve hit them all is that with every job I discover more. Motorcycle maintenance gets frustrating. Angering. Infuriating. That’s what makes it interesting.“ (Cont.Next)

Just South of the “Flagstaff Hill”, Three mi East of Baker City, OR.
…. Those pioneers that traveled the Oregon Trail to arrive here, surely could have offered good examples, that would fit these ZMM Chautauquas on Gumption!!
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….Unmentioned in ZMM, the ZMM Route, Rt-86 to Baker OR, here crosses the “ruts” of the Historic Oregon Trail.
….Although the Oregon Trail “ruts” are in some places deeply eroded gullies big enough to hide a car, the “ruts” show in /\ Above /\ Photo, are a barely perceptible “track” of somewhat lower sage.
… In t/\ Above /\ Photo (click several times to get largest view): Then you can see the “trail track”, which lines up with the two brown marker stakes to the left of photo center. You can make out a slightly lower “channel” in the sage heading into the higher bushes above the more distant brown stake.
….In /\ Above /\ Photo, the hill side that is partly seen at the right, continues up to the summit of Flagstaff Hill, AND the large & grand “National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center”, operated by the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management.

….This “National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center”, is an “Absolutely Don’t Miss It Tourist Attraction”, which likely was here in 1968, when The Narrator & Chris were here. BUT …Again, as mentioned in previous photos, this Center is also, unmentioned in ZMM, precisely BECAUSE this Interpretive Center IS .A Tourist Attraction!!
….There is no doubt that => Chris would have learned much, on the spot hands on, National History, as well as The Gumption of these~1843 to ~1855 ox powered covered wagon pioneers!
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…A) My two photos of this Oregon Trail Center, may be viewed sequentially, in my Personal Experiences Album. Click Here.

…B) Click Here To View My => Panoramic View Of Landscape Surrounding The Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. This View, Is From the Top of Flagstaff Hill, And Shows The Complete 360Degree Surrounding The Hill, But Also Shows The Present Day and Historic Roads, That Lead Down The Hill, To The Nearby Oregon Valley & Town.

….NOTE: The Historical Oregon Trail in this region is now approximately followed by both US Route 30 and Interstate I-84 from Pocatello, ID, passing Baker City, OR, to the Columbia River, and on to Portland, OR.

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