<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Map from The Ox Team, or the Old Oregon Trail 1852--1906, by Ezra Meeker </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Established </Th> <Td> 1830s by mountain men of fur trade, widely publicized by 1843 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Governing body </Th> <Td> National Park Service </Td> </Tr>

Like other parts of the west the cattle range was