What the Oregon Trail Was Really Like (Spoiler: It Was Hell) | Boring History for Sleep
120K views · Jul 5, 2025 · People & Blogs
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@Tiger3DAnimal-m8y · 1 year ago
Broken wheels, bad water, and endless walking 😩🛞 Who else tapping out before mile one?
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@SleeperSupportHistory · 1 year ago
"Watched this to fall asleep. Now I’m emotionally attached to 3 pioneer families and a donkey named Clementine. Thanks, I guess??"
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@Sleepy.Histories1 · 1 year ago
Just a soft, steady voice reminding me that most people on the Oregon Trail didn’t make it… and the ones who did never walked the same.
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@claytonmorada · 1 year ago
We know it was hell. We played Oregon trail as kids and constantly died.
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@SleepyUniversetv · 1 year ago
This one hit hard — the silence between each hardship spoke volumes. Grateful for this gentle retelling. Sleep peacefully, everyone.e ❤
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@SleepingHistory-2 · 1 year ago
I started watching these to help me fall asleep, but the history pulls me in every time—I end up wide awake! 😅
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@iLiftThingsUpNputThemDown · 1 year ago
reminds me of the show 1883. What now takes us a few hours on a plane took them months. Walking 15-20mi a day
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@justtellthetruth098 · 1 year ago
Not at all boring, but the soothing voice lulls me to sleep.
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@TheSleeplessHistorian-vn · 1 year ago
Your stories are the perfect lullaby for adults!
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@katlynbrady155 · 1 year ago
I dreamed i was walking with them and man it sucked
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@RebeccaFire · 1 year ago
Hello from Appalachia, North Carolina, USA around midnight
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@SleepyStories8386 · 1 year ago
People complain about traffic jams today, but on the Oregon Trail, “traffic” meant waiting for days because someone’s wagon axle broke — and there was no AAA, just a hope and a prayer.
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