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The Oregon Trail was a 2,000 mile trip.
The terrain ranged from mountains, to valleys and to swampy rivers.
It took up to four months or more for the pioneers to get from Independence,
Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon. You will be exploring some of the
landmarks and forts
of the Oregon Trail. The trail was marked in so many different ways:
the ruts of the wagons, discarded goods, notes, burnt wagons, carcasses
of dead animals and graves.
Pioneers had different reasons for going
west some went for the gold; others went for the free land or try to
better their present life. The trail in places was 20 miles wide, in
other places it was hardly wide enough for the wagon.
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- They went 1.5 to 6 miles
a day for a regular day.
- On agood day they traveled
was 15 to 16 miles.
- The pioneers were only able
to travel 1 mile on a muddy day.
- Most pioneers walked the
2,000 miles on foot.
- Crossing a river with their
wagon often took five days.
- Wagons would travel in a
single file line to avoid the dust.
- Pioneers would often see
over 50,000 discarded items along a 20 mile area.
- Pioneers would have to pay
fees to be ferried over water, bridges and graded roads.
- The worst years for cholera
were 1849, 1850, and 1852.
- The first Fort Kearny was
in Nebraska City, Nebraska.
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