If spaced out evenly along the trail, what would be the distance between grave heads for each emigrant who died?

Answer Every 50 yards

The National Park Services calls the Oregon Trail "this nation’s longest graveyard". And with 65,000 deaths over a 25-year stretch across 2,000 miles, that's a headstone for every 50 yards.

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