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

3. JIM BECKWOURTH – former slave who became a mountain man, discovered a mountain pass into present day northern California 2

4. JIM BECKWOURTH MOUNTAIN MAN

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

7. LAND SPECULATION – buying cheap land in hopes that it will become more valuable later 4

8. SANTA FE TRAIL – a trail which lead from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico Moved people and goods over a 800 mile route 5

10. OREGON TRAIL – commonly used trail that led from Independence, Missouri to Oregon Territory 6

11. OREGON TRAIL – THE WAY WEST

14. OREGON TRAIL

15. People went west to Oregon for cheap land in an area that was reportedly very rich for crops 7

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

17. OREGON TRAIL RUTS - WYOMING

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

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

23. THE MORMON TRAIL

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

26. BRIGHAM YOUNG LEADER OF THE MORMONS

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