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What town was the starting point for both the Oregon Trail and the Santa Fe Trail?
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Where was the western starting point of the transcontinental railroad?
The western starting point for the first transcontinental rail road was at Sacramento, California.
What Midwest city was the starting point for Pioneers heading west?
St. Louis
What was the starting point and what was the ending point of the middle passage?
The starting and ending points of the middle passage in that slaves spent most of the voyage below deck, manacled and then were sold. this happened in 1444 when the Portuguese sailors captured coastal Africans.
Byzantium is located on the?
At its largest point it contained the eastern Roman Empire and parts of Italy (starting with Justinian) but shrunk because of pressures from the Islamic Empire and Shrunk continually around its capitol Constantinople (modern day Istanbul). For the majority of its existence it contained much of modern day Turkey and Greece.
Where did Lewis and Clark arrive on the west coast?
In spring 1805, they continued to the headwaters of the Missouri River, struggled across the Continental Divide at Lemhi Pass, and headed west along the Salmon, Clearwater, Snake, and Columbia Rivers towards the Pacific. They landed at the mouth of the Columbia River, Astoria, Oregon on November 5 1805. Lewis and Clark, sadly, did not actually see the Pacific Ocean. They landed at the mouth of the Columbia River, Astoria, Oregon on November 7 1805. Lewis and Clark, sadly, never did see the Pacific Ocean. The day was rainy and foggy, and the Columbia River estuary was four or five miles wide and they could not see the Oregon side of the river or Point Adams at the mouth of the river in the distance. But they were close enough to have reached their goal.Clark makes a quick note the their reaction at the end of the journal entry for November 7, 1805:"Great joy in camp, we are in view of the ocean, this great Pacific Ocean which we have been so long anxious to see. The roaring or noise made by the waves breaking on the rocky shores (as I suppose) may be heard distinctly."The explorers began their journey home on March 23, 1806.
What was the starting point for many western trails including the oregon trail?
the hudson river
Which Missouri city did the Oregon trail begin?
Independence, Missouri, was the most popular starting point of the Oregon trail. You could technically start from anywhere, though.
What was the ending point of the Oregon Trail?
Yes. It ends in Oregon City.
The starting point for both the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails was the Missouri town of?
independance missouri
What was the importance of St. Louis and the Oregon trail?
It was the starting point. The gateway to the west. The US ended at the banks of the Missouri River.
Where is the ending point of the Santa Fe mountain trail?
The Plaza in downtown Santa Fe.
Where did the pioneers start traveling on the Oregon trail?
Independence/Kansas City, Missouri is the generally accepted starting point.
What was the western starting point of the transcontinental railroad?
Salem, Oregon :)
What is the starting point of the Mormon trail?
Independence, Mo.
How long was mormoms trail?
The Mormon Trail was about 1,300 miles long, depending on your starting point.
What trails did people use while moving west?
One of the first trails into the West connected New England with land that is now Kentucky and Tennessee. A part of that trail, the National Road, is now known as US 40. The Oregon and the Mormon trail both went from St. Louis, Missouri to Fort Bridger, Wyoming. That this point the two trails split. The Mormon trail continued southwest to the Great Salt Lake. The Oregon trail continued northeast and over the Blue mountains into Oregon. The Santa Fe trail went along the Missouri River and into Colorado, from there it traveled Southwest to what is now New Mexico.
What city was the starting point for both the Oregon and santa fe trails?
Independence Missouri marks the beginning of the santa fe, Oregon and California trails. To commemorate this history, every year there is a celebration in Independence called SANTACALIGON. There is food, carnival rides, and crafts. I know this to be fact because I grew up there, and I studied Missouri history as part of my cirriculum in school.
