Some people may not have been willing or able to walk 15 miles a day for four to six months. Some might have had other obligations that they could not go.
Distance
a route from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon, used by pioneers traveling to the Oregon Territory
Made the Oregon trail which kept them traveling through there
No the people traveling the Oregon Trail were too busy moving to Oregon to stop to pan or dig for gold.
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traveling the Oregon Trail was hazardous.
Willamette valley
If you are traveling from the US state of Wyoming to Oregon, you would be going west.
To travel from Oregon to Wyoming, you would travel east.
No, but when pioneers were traveling to Oregon on the Oregon Trail they would stay in wagon trains which are a single file line of different families' wagons.
Yes, pioneers would have needed rope.
Plymoth rock
The Whitmans' greatest success was their establishment of the Whitman Mission in Oregon, where they played a significant role in promoting settlement in the region and providing medical care and agricultural expertise to the local Native American population. This mission became a key stop for pioneers traveling on the Oregon Trail.