While you can see signs indicating the route of the Oregon Trail. the Mormon Trail. and the route followed by the great explorers Lewis and Clark. there is no one place to gain a real understanding of the people who made this great migration. And that is what history is really aboutpeople. Because of what I saw as this great need to fill a gap in American history. I introduced legislation in the last Congress and in this Congress to create a Western Historic Trails Center near Council Bluffs. IA. Council Bluffs. on the banks of the Missouri River. was the single most important starting point for the emigrants. so it is an ideal place for a center to interpret this event for todays Americans. This committee has reported S. 339 without objection and I urge that the full Senate pass the bill.
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