Before pioneers had a house built, they would continue living in their wagons. But after they, they usually would take the top off and use it as a normal wagon or they would take it apart and use it for wood to build other things.
In the 18th centurie, people called pioneers traveled west either overland by wagon train, or by ship around the tip of Cape Cod. they where looking for gold and some wanted a better life.This is what started the California Gold Rush.
Letters and diary entries from pioneers moving west.
They had to man up
the rocky mountains
18 miles
Pioneers rode on a cover wagon. They also walked when going to the west
The pioneers migrated west with the help of the covered wagon and wagon trains. The wagon trains were the safest form of travel because of the sheer volume of people.
Pioneers settling in the Old West.
Wagon train, railroads, by horse, ship.
Pioneers traveled west using Conestoga wagons. They also used the prairie schooners because they schooners were smaller, lighter, more maneuverable.. They also provided shelter and protection.
Well, the driver, his wife, and very young children usually did. But you are correct that many pioneers headed West walked most of the way beside the wagon. The main reason was that the wagon was stuffed to the canvas with their worldly goods, and there was no room to ride in the wagon!
If an animal got sick or exhausted while the pioneers were moving west, the wagon would stop and rest until the animal got well again. If conditions were not improving however, the animal would be killed.
Survival.
The colonials moved West in a covered wagon being pulled by either oxen or horses.
People going west used the covered wagon.
The Mormon Pioneers moved west on the Mormon trail between 1845 and 1870, when the train came through and became the more common mode of transportation. The biggest years for travel on the Mormon trail were in the 1850's. After the railroad, Mormons continued to move west, but usually came individually as the need for organized companies no longer existed, so the numbers are harder to pinpoint.
the movement to the west was truly one of the most interesting periods of this nation history 😊