Don Rawitsch was teaching junior high in Minneapolis, and he was having trouble getting his students interested in U.S. Now, the story of how Oregon Trail was created begins in 1971. And next week, another version is set to launch on Facebook.
Unidentified Man: Well, are you ready? Come on. Fording the river, changing a broken wagon wheel, dying of dysentery - happy memories for millions of schoolchildren who since 1971, have spent hours pretending to set off on that 2,000-mile-long journey in the year 1848. (Soundbite of video game, "Oregon Trail") This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Oregon Trail - not the historic path of Western expansion, but perhaps the most popular educational computer game of all time.
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