The Oregon Trail is a 1939 American Western film serial starring Johnny Mack Brown and released by Universal Pictures.

Jeff Scott is sent to investigate problems with wagon trains attempting to make the journey to Oregon.

Sam Morgan, the representative of an eastern syndicate, has full control of the fur trade.

Morgan sends his henchmen, under lead-henchman Bull Bragg, to stop the latest wagon train in order to maintain control of the fur trade in the area.

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