pioneers found high spots in the river to cross with their wagon
It is not wagon trains. Groups of covered wagons are called prairie schooners. But we can also call it wagon trains, I guess.
they passed 34 rivers in the rocky mountains
Settlers travelled together in trains, hired an experienced guide to lead them through Indian territories, and circled the wagons to form a defensive " fort ".
sometimes you had to walk. many died on the long trip west
The Mormon Pioneers moved west on the Mormon trail between 1845 and 1870, when the train came through and became the more common mode of transportation. The biggest years for travel on the Mormon trail were in the 1850's. After the railroad, Mormons continued to move west, but usually came individually as the need for organized companies no longer existed, so the numbers are harder to pinpoint.
Rivers, animals, Indians, and disease.
both areas were dry and hot with few rivers
It is not wagon trains. Groups of covered wagons are called prairie schooners. But we can also call it wagon trains, I guess.
both areas were dry and hot with few rivers
both areas were dry and hot with few rivers
both areas were dry and hot with few rivers
both areas were dry and hot with few rivers
To travel by land in wagon trains, it took two months.
chuck wagon
Yes, wagon trains were still used in 1883 for transportation and migration across the United States.
The pioneers migrated west with the help of the covered wagon and wagon trains. The wagon trains were the safest form of travel because of the sheer volume of people.
Wagon trains.