It was the emigrant trail that began at the Missouri River and took the settelers to what is now California. The eastern half of it overlapped the Oregon Trail and the Mormon Trail. It was also the favored route used by the 49ers in the Gold Rush and existed from 1845 to 1869 when the Transcontinental Railway was completed.
They either wanted better freedom there or they wanted the land
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Some people walked simply because they couldn't afford to buy a wagon, ox (or mule) team and all the supplies. It cost about $ 600 to $800 which was a lot of money. Some jobs at that time only paid $4 or $5 a week so by the time the person paid for their food and lodgings, there wasn't much left to save.
So walking was affordable.
People traveled the California Trail in search of gold.
they went on this journey to search for gold.
Pioneers wanted to go to Oregon to get free farmland, adventures, and to get better living conditions.
Why was the california tr a il established
to avoid Indians
Yes, the Oregon Trail went through Oregon.
The Oregon Trail led to the Willamette Valley of Oregon.The Oregon Trail was a dirt wagon road that went from St. Louis, Missouri, up the Mississippi along the banks of the the Mississippi River to the Missouri. It went to the North Platt. From there it went through South Pass on through Idaho to the Columbia River and from there, along the banks of the Columbia to the Willamette Valley of Oregon.
they went five miles an hour
Because the Mormons used the Oregon trail as far as it went in the direction they wanted to go. The Oregon trail was a well-established trail that had plenty of good drinking water all along the way. From Nebraska to Wyoming, the Oregon trail was the best route. The Mormon trail turns south in Wyoming and enters Utah, while the Oregon trail continues on to Oregon.
It started in Missouri and passed through what is now Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming, ending in Idaho, Oregon and Washington---known at the time as "Oregon Country.The states didn't pass through the Oregon Trail, but the trail went through the states.
Yes, the Oregon Trail went through Oregon.
Beacuse it went to Oregon. But many trails branched off to other places.
Indians and pioneers in hopes of a new life
The Oregon Trail led to the Willamette Valley of Oregon.The Oregon Trail was a dirt wagon road that went from St. Louis, Missouri, up the Mississippi along the banks of the the Mississippi River to the Missouri. It went to the North Platt. From there it went through South Pass on through Idaho to the Columbia River and from there, along the banks of the Columbia to the Willamette Valley of Oregon.
The people who went on the Oregon trail were morman, Chinese immigrants, 49ers and people who wanted another chance to get another life.
They went on the Oregon trail because Oregon Had better places for hunting, trapping, and fishing :)
food and tools
Well, I did the Oregon Trail For my shcool project so I know many things about it. The answer is more than 1000 people at one time went!!! Its a lot right? I thought that the Oregon Trail was a very interesting topic. Want some fun?! THen type in: The Oregon Trail game. Its sooo fun!
People wanted to go west and settle there. Some went west to get rich, by usually finding gold.
The first wagon train on the Oregon Trail moved in 1839-40, but, as the name suggests, they went to Oregon.After 1843, wagons using the California Trail usedt he eastern parts of the Oregon Trail to get to the California Trail.
The important thing was that 500,000 went from the Midwest to Oregon. Some of them went on from there to Washington or California. These people wanted to settle down and farm in an area with good land and good weather.
They went so they could go for new land.