They wanted to go to get gold.
People got to Oregon by using the road called The Oregon Trail.
Because of the Oregon Trail people were able to settle out west and lead the way for other settlers. Before the Oregon Trail no one lived out west and the only time it had been explored was on the Lewis and Clark expedition, and during that they stuck to the Columbia River and followed it to the Pacific and back, but had never wondered outside of that area. I am from Oregon and it is a big thing to us because I grew up on the Columbia River and use to swim in it during the summer. It allowed people opportunity to expand to the west.
The California Trail, Gila Trail, Mormon Trail and The Old Spanish Trail....
Mostly unneeded food was thrown out along the Oregon trail, once the settlers moving west realized they had over packed...
Many Settlers moving to Oregon country and other western areas followed the 2,000 mile long Oregon Trail, which stretched from places such as Independence, Missouri, or Council Bluffs, Iowa, west into Oregon Country
Oregon Trail & Santa Fe Trail
The Oregon trail
They went on the Oregon trail because Oregon Had better places for hunting, trapping, and fishing :)
Oregon trail
The Oregon trail
People got to Oregon by using the road called The Oregon Trail.
The Oregon Trail helped to change how the United States grew. It helped to move the population westward from the overpopulated East. ... The Oregon Trail completely changed the United States because it was the only possible way to get to the West, other than going all the way around South America.
Oregon Trail
There was the Bozeman Trail, the Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail and the California Trail that were all used for emigration west.
There was the Bozeman Trail, the Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail and the California Trail that were all used for emigration west.
Because of the Oregon Trail people were able to settle out west and lead the way for other settlers. Before the Oregon Trail no one lived out west and the only time it had been explored was on the Lewis and Clark expedition, and during that they stuck to the Columbia River and followed it to the Pacific and back, but had never wondered outside of that area. I am from Oregon and it is a big thing to us because I grew up on the Columbia River and use to swim in it during the summer. It allowed people opportunity to expand to the west.
The Oregon Trail helped to change how the United States grew. It helped to move the population westward from the overpopulated East. ... The Oregon Trail completely changed the United States because it was the only possible way to get to the West, other than going all the way around South America.