The simple rules.

A free website about the Oregon Trail and the classic computer games it inspired, run by independent editors. It is not affiliated with the owners of The Oregon Trail name or games. See also the privacy policy.

Anyone can read the site, play the game, take the quiz and post a score, without an account. Accounts are optional and for people 13 or older.

• Use a first name or a nickname. Never a full name, an email address or a phone number.
• No rude, hateful or hurtful words, and no pretending to be someone else.
• Don't post anyone else's personal information.
• No cheating tools or scripts to post scores or flood the site.

We may edit or remove any name, score or review that breaks these rules, and block accounts that keep breaking them.

This is an open archive. You can use what you find here for anything: the writing, the maps, the paintings of people, places and nations made for this site, and the music in the site's player. In class, for homework, in a video or on another website, you do not need to ask. A link back to the Oregon Trail Archive is welcome. Please don't use the site's name to suggest we endorse something.

Two things have owners of their own. The photos on the trail map come from Wikimedia Commons and keep their licences, which are named with each photo. The classic games, their screenshots and box art belong to their owners, as the next section says.

Anything you post (a name, a review, an event) stays yours, and you allow us to show it on this site.

The Oregon Trail was created by MECC, and the name and the games belong to their owners. The playable game, screenshots and box art are shown here for education and historical study. If you hold rights to something on this site and want it changed or removed, write to us with the page address, and we will respond promptly.

We work hard to get the history right and we check our facts, but the site is provided as it is, without any warranty. For schoolwork, it is always a good idea to check important details against another source too.

If these terms change, the date at the top changes too. Questions? Write to us.