What was difficult about the Oregon trail?

Answer 1

The trips by the pioneers was long and hard. They faced flooding rivers, snowing mountains, high steep passes, disease, miles of nothing, and death. One diary I read was from a woman who had six children, had a baby on the trail, her husband died, and lost their wagon over a cliff. She and the children walked to Oregon the final leg of their trip. They were starving and in rags when they were found. This is just one family, but it was a story that took place over and over.

Answer 2

The journeys were difficult because there were no medical facilities, poisonous snakes, and a long distance to Santa Fe. There were also native American tribes that would kill the travelers.

Answer 3

Broken wheels or axles, broken ankles of their pulling teams, births/deaths, weather and river crossings, and conferences with natives.

Answer 4

One was the Sierra Nevada Mountains. There were the winter storms and the blazing heat of the desert. there were many more but you can find them yourself

Answer 5

it was long and hard.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

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