Education

The Oregon Trail Computer Game

The Oregon Trail Computer Game 1600 600 Minnesota Computing History

In 1971 three students at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota came up with the idea to do something new with computers. Don Rawitsch, Paul Dillenberger, and Bill Heinemann were studying education and about to start work as student teachers. Rawitsch was tasked with 8th grade American history and wanted to make something more interesting and…

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