Stop 3 of 16 · 185 miles from Independence in the game
BIG BLUE RIVER
ON THE REAL TRAIL
The Big Blue crossing in northern Kansas could be easy in a dry year and dangerous after spring rain, when emigrants sometimes waited days for the water to fall.
Nearby Alcove Spring was a popular campsite. Members of the Donner Party camped there in 1846, and one of them, Sarah Keyes, died and was buried near the spring.
IN THE OREGANO TRAIL
A second river crossing. Rain makes fording riskier, and waiting usually lowers the water.
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