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.
It took about $600.00 in their time... So you had to be VERY rich to go on the Oregon Trail.
No one "invented" it. It was a route settlers took to go to Oregon.
They wanted to go to get gold.
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.
The Oregon Trail started in Missouri then ended in Oregon.
Yes. It passes through Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon.
To Oregon, California, and Washington
The Tamiami Trail is contained entirely in Florida.
The Oregon Trail was a way for migrants to go westward to receive land (cheap land, courtesy of the government, called the Homestead Act.) The journey on the Oregon Trail was made on covered wagons during the Westward Expansion time period. The Oregon Trail was only one of many trails to the Western United States.
No, the Appalachian Trail does not go through Durham, Connecticut. The trail runs primarily along the eastern United States, passing through several states including Connecticut, but it does not pass directly through Durham. The nearest sections of the trail can be found in nearby towns, such as Middletown and Killingworth.
It took about $600.00 in their time... So you had to be VERY rich to go on the Oregon Trail.
No one "invented" it. It was a route settlers took to go to Oregon.
the trail leading to California the trail leading to California
They went so they could go for new land.
They wanted to go to get gold.