Driving the Oregon Trail in a Tesla

Mr. Beat takes a family road trip to Oregon via the Old Oregon Trail and does his best not to get stranded since he's driving it in a Tesla Model Y.

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Other sources/further reading:
Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck
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The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60 by John D. Unruh
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The Oregon Trail: Yesterday and Today by William E. Hill
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https://www.britannica.com/topic/Oreg...
https://web.archive.org/web/201603040...
https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/fil...
https://www.nps.gov/oreg/index.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narciss...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_...
https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/ar...
https://www.nps.gov/places/000/minor-...
https://www.nps.gov/places/000/gardne...
http://www.kansastravel.org/viewcross...
https://www.nps.gov/places/000/oregon...
https://visitnebraska.com/odell/orego...
https://www.nps.gov/places/susan-hail...
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/the-...
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https://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisi...
https://www.nps.gov/places/000/courth...
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https://www.wyohistory.org/encycloped...
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https://wyoparks.wyo.gov/index.php/pl...
https://idahohighcountry.org/item/big...
https://www.nps.gov/oreg/planyourvisi...
https://www.idahostatejournal.com/fre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hall
https://www.nps.gov/oreg/planyourvisi...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_...

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