Trailheads: The Oregon Trail's Origins (MinnMax's Documentary/Charity Drive) (Patreon)

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Hello Patreon supporters! If you've been listening to BetterQuest, you know that I've been working on a documentary for a while now... and it's finally done! It's called Trailheads: The Oregon Trail's Origins. With the first documentary from MinnMax, we travel back to 1971 to tell the surprising story of how a college project from Bill Heinemann, Paul Dillenberger, and Don Rawitsch was donated to the state of Minnesota and its organization MECC and went on to become one of the most celebrated games of all time.

Since the documentary is about the power of teaching, programming, and selflessness, we've bundled the documentary with a charity drive for New Vision Foundation. This immigrant-led nonprofit is teaching underprivileged kids in Minnesota how to code to help decrease the racial income disparities in Minnesota.

Donate here to New Vision Foundation - https://www.givemn.org/story/Oregontrail

Thanks to all of you for your support, we're excited to launch this new documentary and charity drive! Any help sharing the documentary is appreciated!

Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier!

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Thomas Hoster

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Trailheads: The Oregon Trail's Origins

With the first documentary from MinnMax, we travel back to 1971 to tell the surprising story of how a college project from Bill Heinemann, Paul Dillenberger, and Don Rawitsch was donated to the state of Minnesota and its organization MECC and went on to become one of the most celebrated games of all time. A lot of us only know The Oregon Trail gameplay from the Apple II, but its true groundbreaking origins go back so much earlier. Since the documentary is about the power of teaching, programming, and selflessness, we've bundled the documentary with a charity drive for New Vision Foundation. This immigrant-led nonprofit is teaching underprivileged kids in Minnesota how to code to help decrease the racial income disparities in Minnesota. Check out the link below to donate! Donate here to New Vision Foundation - https://www.givemn.org/story/Oregontrail Thanks to CTV - North Suburbs, Video Game History Foundation, The Strong Museum of Play, Carleton College, and all of our Patreon supporters at MinnMax. Music by Eli Bishop and Tyler Andal - elibishopmusic.com Additional music by Lee Rosevere for contributing music - https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/ Learn more about New Vision Foundation here - https://www.nu-viz.org/ Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Please support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier! Get your name on the list right here - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax The BAM! Box Iam8bit Mirko Arico-Torreno Zachary Pligge Rebekah Lang BeatenDownBrian Bryan with a Y Captainstubs1 mark seliga Jawarhello Ludwig Roque Andrew vala jesse vitelli SaMiami83 Thomas Hoster Ssnake24 Yarrow William Garcia SpiralInYourEyes Richard Smuts Spider_Dan Alex Payne Preetham Yarlagadda Jt Fels Steve Bamdad Kris