It started in Missouri and passed through what is now Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming, ending in Idaho, Oregon and Washington---known at the time as "Oregon Country.The states didn't pass through the Oregon Trail, but the trail went through the states.
The Oregon Trail started in Missouri then ended in Oregon.
To Oregon, California, and Washington
The Santa Fe Trail started in Missouri, and went through Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie and Lewis & Clark explored the Oregon territory. Marcus Whitman and his wife and Narcissa were early settlers that were killed by native Americans who blamed them for the measles outbreak.
It took about $600.00 in their time... So you had to be VERY rich to go on the Oregon Trail.
No one "invented" it. It was a route settlers took to go to Oregon.
the trail leading to California the trail leading to California
They went so they could go for new land.
They wanted to go to get gold.
The people on the Oregon Trail wanted to go the Oregon territory, or what is now Washington and Oregon. Why? because the letters and rumors of Oregon Territory's rich and natural beauty. The people wanted to go west for many reasons; to explore, to get free farmland, and to build homes, farms, towns, and after a wile, cities. The trail was also the fastest way to Oregon.
There were five states: Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado and New Mexico.