They moved there because they wanted to
Settlers thought and overheard that there was gold over on the west
Mountain men first went to Oregon for the fur industry which was huge at that time. They contributed by creating trails to the West, acting as guides and colonizing the area with trading posts.
the Oregon trail
People got to Oregon by using the road called The Oregon Trail.
The things that made settlers move to the west was gold.ANS 2 - I'm not American, but my view of history was that most settlers moved west to claim their own farmland in the new territories.
it was called the Oregon trail
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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
The Oregon Trail
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