Life on the Overland Trail

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Life on the Overland Trail

Let’s Go West Aboard A Wagon Train Review How many miles did they they travel to reach Oregon? How many miles did they travel a day? What were the major hazards that the pioneers faced during their journey west? 1 out of _____ died enroute

Let’s Go West Aboard a Wagon Train Review – cont. What were the 3 major jumping-off spots? Where did the majority of the pioneers come from?

The Overland Trail

Why did they go West? Prolonged period of hard times – Panic of 1837 Propaganda Free Land Mild Climate Later: Gold Religious Persecution – Mormons

Oregon Trail Over 300,000 traveled West between 1840–1870 First covered wagon that completed trip to Oregon was in 1836 – Marcus and Narcissa Whitman By 1843 “Great Migration West” began –Ended in 1869 when Transcontinental railroad was completed

encyclopediaimages/c/co/conestoga_wagon_on_oregon_trail_reenactment_1961.gif The most common means of transportation: Conestoga Wagon

Photograph of actual covered wagon probably used during Civil War

The Overland Trail

Jumping-off spots

Missouri River

Crossing the Platte River DTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMMODE=viewer&DMFULL=0&DMX=217&DMY=0&DMTEXT

Chimney Rock, Nebraska, a prominent landmark on the Oregon, California, and Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trails

Church Butte on the Oregon - Mormon Trail near Ft. Bridger

Rocky Mountains

The City of Rocks in Southwestern Idaho where the California and Salt Lake Trails joined

Forty-Mile Desert – California

End of the Trail

From the images of the trails that you have seen, why would accidents be the number one cause of death on the trail?

Considering that 1 out of 10 pioneers died along the trail, why did they continue to travel west in such large numbers?