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Why was the Oregon trail named Oregon trail?
Beacuse it went to Oregon. But many trails branched off to other places.
Where the Oregon trail leave from?
The jumping off spot was St. Louis. That is why there is an arch there today. It represents the "gateway to the west."
Where did the Oregon trail leave from?
The jumping off spot was St. Louis. That is why there is an arch there today. It represents the "gateway to the west."
Where did people leave from for the Oregon trail?
St. Louis was the "jumping off" point for most wagons. That is why it has an arch today to symbolize the gateway to the west.
What town in Missouri was considered the jumping off place in the 1800's?
Independence. It was where wagon trains began their travel of the Oregon Trail in 1836.
Where did the pioneers start traveling on the Oregon trail?
Independence/Kansas City, Missouri is the generally accepted starting point.
Why did the Oregon trail start at Indianapolis?
The Oregon Trail did not start at Indianapolis. It started at any of several "jumping off" points on the shores of the Mississippi River. Common starting places included St. Joseph, which had the furthest west train service of any trains in the 1840s. From that point travelers would start riding horses, mules, oxen and/or wagons to get to Independence and Kansas City, Missouri, on the western side of Missouri state.
How was Calamity Jane important on the Oregon Trail?
You are off-range pardner, Calamity Jane went west long after the Oregon trail made history. you are at least twenty years off maybe more.
What were some of the provisions people took on the Oregon trail and what were some of the provisions people took on the Oregon trail?
back then that was one of the only ways of getting there and supplies that they had to live off of
Everyone who took the Oregon trail ended up in Porland?
No actually, the Oregon trail split off in the rockies, and a large number of wagon trains ended up in California.
After the US Civil War what took the place of the Oregon Trail?
The newly completed trans-continental railroad. The Oregon Trail ran from the Missouri River to the Oregon Territory and was used extensively by pioneers from 1841 to 1869. Midway in the trail, other trails split off to go to California.
When did the Oregon trail get started?
Well, that depends on how you look at it. Officially, according to an act of Congress, it begins in Independence, Missouri, and ends in Oregon City, Oregon. To the settlers, though, the trail to the Oregon Country was a five-month trip from their old home in the East to their new home in the West. It was different for every family. Some people got ready to leave the East, or "jump off" as they called it, in towns like St. Joseph or Council Bluffs, and others jumped off from their old homes in Illinois or Missouri and picked up the Oregon Trail in the countryside. Along the way, they could choose to take shortcuts or stick to the main trunk of the Trail, and the end of their journey didn't really come until they settled a claim somewhere in the vast Oregon Country.
