The first day ceremony for the sesquicentennial of the Oregon Trail (Scott #2747) was originally to be held on February 14th, 1993, in Oregon City, OR, the terminus of the trail. A month before the ceremony, the USPS changed it to Salem, OR. The backlash resulted in 39 cities along the Oregon Trail being designated as official first-day-of-issue cities. Who has them all?
While the source I found confirms the number of cities and the change in plans, it doesn’t list all 39 cities by name. However, some of the known ones include:
- Salem, OR
- Independence, MO
- St. Joseph, MO
- Council Bluffs, IA
- Fort Laramie, WY
- Fort Hall, Idaho
- The Dalles, OR
- Vale, OR
- Government Camp, OR