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What were the dangers of traveling west on the California trail?
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∙ 13y ago
The Weather was one of these dangers...
-Thunderstorms
-Hailstones
-High winds
-Tornadoes
-Lightning
and other trouble was the diseases-
-Scurvy
-Famine
-Cholera
-Head lice.
there were also diseases
-Wild animals
Had to watch out for Native Americans
also thirst and starvation was a problem in the old tiring times
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoThere were many dangers. Life was very hard.. At the start the land was flat and everyone was still fresh, but as the trip went along things got harder. They were going 2400 miles across land that was a combination of prairie , mountains, and deserts. Each had their own problems. They faced awful storms, floods, loosing family members and friends to the various diseases and accidents. Some lost everything in mountain passes or in flooded rivers. Most of the women and children walked the entire way. Today the prairie in some places is still pretty much the way they found it with bugs, heat, and winds blowing all day every day. They were brave stubborn people who put everything on a small wagon, left family, and left on a six month trip to a place they only heard about. The one thing it was NOT was boring.
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∙ 13y agoSinking in the water, starvation, snakes biting you, and getting cholera.
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∙ 9y agoThere were some Native Americans that attacked the overed wagons back then
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∙ 13y agoThere were many dangers such as swollen rivers disease animals and people cause they wanted the gold
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What were five trails that Americans followed as they emigrated west?
There was the Bozeman Trail, the Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail and the California Trail that were all used for emigration west.
What five trails that Americans followed as they emigrated west?
There was the Bozeman Trail, the Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail and the California Trail that were all used for emigration west.
What are some trails heading west besides the Oregon trail?
The California Trail, Gila Trail, Mormon Trail and The Old Spanish Trail....
What are the 3 main trails that people used to travel west?
Lewis and Clark trail, Oregon trail, California trail
How did the railroads change the west?
One thing the Transcontinental Railroad did for the west was eliminating the Oregon Trail. Essentially, you could move to the West (California predominantly) without the hardships, many times death, that came with traveling the Oregon Trail.
What would you call someone traveling west on the Oregon trail?
The travelers would be called emigrants.
What are the three trails west?
Oregon trail, mormon Trail, Old spanish trail, and for more it is Santa fe trail, California trail i hope you take at least three of them this is your choice like you can choose Oregon trail, Santa fe trail, California trail your choice!
What were the three main trails that led to west?
Oregon trail, mormon Trail, Old spanish trail, and for more it is Santa fe trail, California trail i hope you take at least three of them this is your choice like you can choose Oregon trail, Santa fe trail, California trail your choice!
The Mormon Trail Oregon Trail Pony Express and California Trails likely overlap because they all?
they all went west
What trail wast traveled to escape because of economic depression the California the Mormon trail or the Oregon trail?
None. The Mormons did not travel west because of a economic depression.
Was there another purpose for the Chisholm Trail besides driving cattle?
It was a trail for wagons from the east to follow to come to the West into the gold rush of California.
How did the Mormon trail change the American west?
The Mormon Trail didn't change the American West, because the Mormon Trail was next to the Oregon Trail. Another answer: The Mormon Trail followed the Oregon Trail until it hit Fort Bridger, Wyoming. There the Mormon Trail split off down toward where Salt Lake City, Utah is today. The largest change the Mormon Trail did to change the American West is bring a large influx of people into the American West. People who were willing to try to settle the desert areas in Utah and Idaho that no one else wanted to touch. It also helped solidify a trail that lead was a main stopping point for people headed to Oregon or California. People traveling on either the Oregon or California Trails would go to Salt Lake City and resupply before continuing their journey west, usually rejoining the trails around the southern central part of Idaho right near the Idaho-Utah border.
