From 1812 to 1840, the British, through the HBC, had nearly complete control of the Pacific Northwest and the western half of the Oregon Trail. In theory, the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812, restored possession of Oregon territory to the United States.
Most headed for the Pacific Coast to seek the free land in Oregon and CA. They went to seek gold or silver, to find land with less people, and to find opportunity.There 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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When did the Oregon Trail start and end
Yes. It ends in Oregon City.
Independence, Missouri, was the most popular starting point of the Oregon trail. You could technically start from anywhere, though.
The Oregon Trail ended in Oregon City in 1869.
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The Oregon Trail was 4-6 months
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The Oregon Trail - TV series - ended on 1977-11-30.
The oregon trail begain in Jefferon City, Missouri and ended in Oregon City,Oregon
it was because the trail ended
The end of the trail on Oregon was at Oregon City, on the river south of Portland. Emigrants loaded their belongings onto rafts for the trip down the Columbia to the Pacific Ocean after the trail ended at the Dalles.
Depended on where people were going.