Mid 1800's
The best reason for people to move west in the 1800's was to start a new life.
Manifest Destiny.
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 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the "Mormon" Church) was not organized until 1830, so it didn't have a leader in 1800.
Americans in the early 1800’s had to out of the east coast cities because of overcrowding in the metropolitan areas. Americans move towards the west to cities like St. Louis and Chicago.
Brigham Young. He is called the "Great Colonizer of the West."
because of its rich and firtile soil
5 people. jesus, mohamed, mike tyson, your mom and me
The Mormon Trail was the route, but it did travel on the Oregon trial too. :)
The Oregon, Chisholm, and Mormon Trails were all popular overland travel routes across the western United States in the mid 1800's.
The first members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) to move to Oregon came to work in the logging industry.