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Disease on the Oregon Trail: Cholera, Dysentery, and Death
Disease on the Oregon Trail, from cholera and dysentery to overland migration, sanitation, graves, and nineteenth-century westward travel.
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By Devin Teichrow. Published March 16, 2026.
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Disease on the Oregon Trail, from cholera and dysentery to overland migration, sanitation, graves, and nineteenth-century westward travel.
Disease on the Oregon Trail, from cholera and dysentery to overland migration, sanitation, graves, and the epidemiology of nineteenth-century westward travel.
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