2. MOUNTAIN MAN – a fur trader or trapper who lived in the West prior to regular settlement 1 381.6

3. Mountain men were the first to set up trails through the mountains and map the territory 2

4. Jedediah Smith – led settlers across the Rockies in present Wyoming 3

5. JIM BECKWOURTH – former slave who became a mountain man, discovered a mountain pass into present day northern California 4

6. JIM BECKWOURTH MOUNTAIN MAN

8. OREGON TRAIL – commonly used trail that led from Independence, Missouri to Oregon Territory 5

9. OREGON TRAIL – THE WAY WEST

12. OREGON TRAIL

13. People went west to Oregon for cheap land in an area that was reportedly very rich for crops 6

14. OREGON TRAIL RUTS - WYOMING

15. SANTA FE TRAIL – a trail which lead from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico Moved people and goods over a 800 mile route 7 392.2

18. WAGON TRAINS – groups of travelers on the trail who cooperate, makes it less dangerous, set up leaders and rules 8

19. MORMONS – members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints 9 398.4

20. The Mormons moved west because of continued difficulties with members of other religions – they had moved from Illinois because of problems 10

21. THE MORMON TRAIL

23. BRIGHAM YOUNG- leader of the Mormons that led them west to start a new settlement 11

24. BRIGHAM YOUNG LEADER OF THE MORMONS

25. The Mormons eventually settle in Utah 12 Create Salt Lake City