They were attracted to Oregon country b/c of: * it's good farmland along the Pacific coast which attracted farmers. * it's fertile soil * it's mild temperatures all yr round * it's plentiful rainfall * forests further inland and in the Rocky Mountains attracted fur trappers. * beavers and other fur-bearing animals roamed these forests and the Rocky Mountains to the east. They were attracted to Oregon country b/c of: * it's good farmland along the Pacific coast which attracted farmers. * it's fertile soil * it's mild temperatures all yr round * it's plentiful rainfall * forests further inland and in the Rocky Mountains attracted fur trappers. * beavers and other fur-bearing animals roamed these forests and the Rocky Mountains to the east.
To serve as missionaries and to become sugar plantation owners.
The westerners took the Oregon trail when moving west. When they reached the west they settled down and made environments.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie and Lewis & Clark explored the Oregon territory. Marcus Whitman and his wife and Narcissa were early settlers that were killed by native Americans who blamed them for the measles outbreak.
Trappers like Jeddah Smith were the first to go to Oregan, California, and to see Yosemite.
The Oregon Trail started in Missouri then ended in Oregon.
To Oregon, California, and Washington
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You would go directly east in order to go from Oregon to Wisconsin.
No one "invented" it. It was a route settlers took to go to Oregon.
Late-1800s
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The first covered wagons traveled from the Missouri River to the Rockies during the mid-1800s, particularly in the context of westward expansion and the Oregon Trail. The most notable migrations began in the early 1840s, with significant numbers of settlers making the journey in 1843. This movement was part of a larger trend of migration facilitated by the promise of land and opportunity in the western territories.