Asklemmy

But most of the world did not have the US education system. I'd say only some Americans have heard of Oregon City, and very few non Americans.

From US, played Oregon trail for hundreds of hours, didn't remember Oregon City.

I too have never heard of Oregon City. I can only assume it's in Oregon. The only thing I remember about the Oregon Trail is that I died from dysentery every time I followed the trail.

It was popular, but I think most folks who played it remember dying of dysentery, not the cities 😆

We were taught about it, but most Americans don't view westward expansion with the same... Reverence? Notoriety?

Like, I remember learning about it across multiple grades, but... Oregon City being the final destination, that's not something I would probably remember a year or two later, nevermind a decade or more.

Not really, not in our school district anyways. They did allow us to play the game based on that on their ancient computers, but never really gave us historical context, nor were we required to play the game.

I didn't learn shit about it back then, and barely get it today. I'm 42 years old for reference.