There were several hardships that were encountered on the Oregon Trail. Some or all of these included the following: lack of supplies, such as food, water, shelter etc. Also they may have been attacked by Native Americans and wild animals.
If pioneers did not bring enough food with them and were caught by early snow storms, it was possible to starve.
Shoshone, Sioux, and Paiute
WHAT WAS THE DANGERS PART OF THE OREGON TRAIL?
Some hardships of the Oregon trail was weathering. During thunderstorms a half a dozen people would die from thunderstrikes. Also accidents the wagons they rode were not safe if someone were to fall in front of one then the big wheels would run them over and they would die. Mostly children would die from accidents.
The Oregon trail never was modernized. Some parts of the freeway system do follow some of the trail. The current freeway system began in the 1950's.
Some of the main reasons people left for Oregon on the Oregon Trail was for free land and a start of a better life.
cholera
The difficult voyage along the Oregon Trail prompted settlers to carry different medical supplies with them in case of an emergency. Some medical supplies used on the Oregon Trail were surgical instruments, liniments, and bandages.
independence rock
The California Trail, Gila Trail, Mormon Trail and The Old Spanish Trail....
back then that was one of the only ways of getting there and supplies that they had to live off of
One of the natural disasters that happened on the Oregon Trail was the heavy rain that mad the plains all muddy.
some people died on the trail