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I think the answer is fairly obvious - water. Water was essential for drinking, cooking, cleaning, bathing, and livestock, but much of the area these trails covered are very dry.
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What trail did the Mormon trail follow for most of its length?
Oregon Trail
What is the distance of the Oregon Trail?
The Oregon trail was a 2000 mile long string of rivers and national land marks.
Which two trails could travelers leaving from fort Hall follow and to what two cities did the trails lead?
Travelers leaving Fort Hall could follow the Oregon Trail, which led to Oregon City, Oregon, or the California Trail, which led to Sacramento, California.
What river did the Oregon trail and the Mormon trail follow?
Missouri yellowstone des chutes big horn
Did the Oregon trail have any natural barriers?
the Colorado Rockies, and rivers
What was scow used for on the Oregon trail?
A scow was used cross the rivers.
Was the Oregon trail a safe place to visit now?
The Oregon Trail no longer exists. Paved roads run close to the route taken by The Oregon Trail. So it is possible to drive a route similar to that taken by The Oregon Trail. It would not be safe to try to follow the exact route of The Oregon Trail.
What was dengerous about Oregon Trail?
the weather, fearce Natives, rivers, disease ect
When was the Oregon trail modernized?
The Oregon trail never was modernized. Some parts of the freeway system do follow some of the trail. The current freeway system began in the 1950's.
Which two trails could travelers leaving from fort hall follow two what two cities did the trail lead?
The trails were the Oregon trail and the California trail the California trail led to California and the Oregon trail led to Missouri.
What two trails could travelers leaving from fort hall follow and to what two cities did the trails lead?
The trails were the Oregon trail and the California trail the California trail led to California and the Oregon trail led to Missouri.
Which two trails could travelers leaving from the fort hall follow and to what two cities did the trails lead?
The trails were the Oregon trail and the California trail the California trail led to California and the Oregon trail led to Missouri.
