Students,
We are going to be working on an assignment tied to the Oregon Trail and westward movement of people in the mid-1800s for the next few days.
All assignment details can be found here. Please refer to this site often for clarification! Good luck and of course, have fun!
Step 1: Go to: http://www.isu.edu/%7Etrinmich/Allabout.html
Step 2: Read each of the sections (there are a total of 9 sections as well as a conclusion interview)
Step 3: After reading each section you should post on my blog a brief summary of what you read on that section. For example, Section 1 is an introduction, provide 3-4 pieces of information you learned about the Oregon Trail or life during these times. Write this up in paragraph form and post it to my blog. Then, repeat this process for all of the other sections!
Step 4: What can you tell me about Iowa's connection to the Oregon Trail? Go to: Council Bluffs and report back by posting on Mrs. Freitag's blog a paragraph summary of how Iowa and the Oregon Trail are tied together!
Step 5: Go to the Fantastic Facts Link and choose one fantastic fact to read about. Write a diary entry from the perspective of a person on the Oregon Trail that addresses the fantastic fact. For example, you could choose to be a young girl traveling west with her parents and grandparents. Perhaps Grandma became ill and passed on. Tie this diary entry in with the "buried alive" fantastic fact.
Step 6: Create an Advertisement Poster encouraging settlers to "Go West" or a Warning Sign preparing travelers for dangers ahead.
Requirements for Advertisement: - On 8.5x11 paper
- Use an eye-catching title
- Choose at least 4 reasons to go to the Oregon Country
- Include a quote from someone who has been there
- Give the name of a contact person and a way to reach he or she
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What kinda dangers are there??? Create a warning sign including dangers on the trail.
Many pioneers left warnings for those who will follow in their path. 1 out of 10 settlers died along the way.
- On 8.5x11 paper
- Make sign eye-catching
- Include at least 4 warnings of hardships ahead
- Be specific!
Step 7: Extension Activity (Choose one of the following)
1. Read about Conestoga Wagons. Then, draw a wagon and include the following on your poster:
- People (how many are traveling, names, ages)
- Create a Supply List and Budget (Remember the covered wagons have a limited amount of space. The average space is 4'x10'. Include items you might need for the trip)
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2. Choose one diary or memoir to read: Oregon Trail Diaries and Oregon Trail Memoirs.
- Create a diary with 7 entries
- Provide a persona (include name, age, where they are from and a little bit about them)
- incorporate what you read in the 9 sections into your diary (dangers, conditions, travel hardships, length of time, etc.)
I learned that if there was never a Oregon Trail, a lot of the western states would not be part of the United States today. It was a very difficult journey and 1 in 10 people died on the trip. Settlers were traveling to the West because it had good farmland, and the first people to arrive in Oregon were Marcus and Narcissa Whitman. This trip was "the great migration" and more than half a million people made the trip to the west.
ReplyDeleteIn the introduction, it basically just told about the rough times that people had to go through just to get to Oregon. One of the main ones that stood out to me was they had to walk two thousand miles, barefoot. Marcus and Narcissa Whitman made the first journey to Oregon in 1836. Many went to California in search of gold.
ReplyDeleteThe article is about how over one thousand people traveled the Oregon Trail in the 1800s. It said that 1 in every 10 people died on the trail. The first family to go over the Oregon Trail was the Whitmans who made the trip in 1836. The rest of the travelers followed later on. It also talked about how people died and what they died from. That is pretty much what the article was about.
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Not everyone who went on the Oregon Trail actually went to Oregon. Some went to Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Washington, and California. About 1 in every 10 people died along the way. Some people took the 2,000 mile journey barefoot! Many people think that the Native American's were a problem for the pioneers. Actually, they were quite helpful with the journey. The big wave of Western Migration began in 1843 when an estimated 1,000 pioneers made the journey. Many stopped taking the Oregon Trail in1869, when the transcontinental railroad was built.
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ReplyDeleteThe Oregon Trail didn't just open up Oregon for people to move to. It opened up almost the whole western part of the United States. Plenty of people made the trip just to settle in Oregon, but others made the trip for the gold rush in California. Also, there were many hardships that the travelers had to face like starvation, accidental gunshots, Native Americans, walking, and many more.
-Brody Hulme
Introduction Summary:
ReplyDeleteThe Oregon Trail lead to major successes of the United States. Multiple states that are now part of the United States most likely would have never become part of the U.S. if it weren't have been for the Oregon Trail. Many people believe that the Native Americans were the cause for all the deaths, but thats not factual. Many deaths were caused by cholera, bad living conditions, unhealthy sanitation, and many accidental gun firings.
The first people to travel on the Oregon Trail were the Whitman's. They followed the Oregon Trail in 1836, many others did not until 1843. The Oregon Trail ended in 1869.
The introduction told us that the Oregon trail was about 2,000 miles lond and that many people walked barefoot. While on the journey one in ten died and that the biggest problems they faced were diseases like cholera and bad sanitation. Aubree B.
ReplyDeleteWhile reading the Introduction, I learned that one in ten of the people traveling to Oregon died because of cholera, poor sanitation, and accidental gun shots. I also learned that Marcus and Narcissa Whitman went to Oregon in 1836, but most pioneers didn't head West until 1843. In 25 years, over a half million people traveled west on the Oregon Trail. The Oregon Trail ended in 1869 when the transcontinental railroad was finished.
ReplyDeleteFour things I learned while reading the introduction was that if it wasn't for the Oregon Trail, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho, and Utah would not be part of the United States of America. The second thing I learnt was that one in ten people tied traveling the Oregon Trail. That is a lot of people if you think about it, when thousands of pioneers made their way through the Oregon Trail. The third thing I learned was that it was a 2,000 mile trail and many of them walked barefoot. That would really hurt you feet. I also learned that the first people that arrived in Oregon was Marcus and Narcissa Whitman who went in 1836. The big rush of people going through the Oregon Trail didn't com until 1836.
ReplyDeleteIn the introduction I learned that one in ten people died along the way. We would not have Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho and Utah if it wasn't for the Oregon trail. A lot of people walked all two-thousand miles barefoot. The first emigrants to go to Oregon was Marcus and Narcissa Whitman. During the next twenty-five years over a half million went west on the trail.
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The Oregon Trail was first traveled by Marcus and Narcissa Whitman in 1836. People didn't start traveling the trail until 1843 though. Most of the people on the trail traveled the 2,000 mile trip barefoot. 1 of 10 people died on the trail with dangers like cholera, poor sanitation, and accidental gunshot wounds. The Native Americans were a big help for the settlers along the trail. The vast move westward on the Oregon trail was called the "great migration" with a quarter of a million people ending up traveling on it. The Oregon trail lasted 25 years from 1843-1869, because of a railroad leading through the west getting finished.
First thing I learned was that many states wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for the only good way through the mountains, the Oregon Trail. Second, I found out that one in ten people died on the Oregon Trail. Third, I learned that over 25 years about a half a million people went west on the Oregon Trail. Fourth, the real enemies were not the Native Americans (who were very helpful) they were diseases, accidental gunshots, and poor sanitation. And finally some went all the way to Oregon’s Willamette Valley, when others went to California to find gold.
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ReplyDeleteIntroduction: In the introduction I learned that the first people to go to Oregon using the Oregon Trail was Marcus and Narcissa Whitman in 1836. Then in 1843 thousands of people made the journey to Oregon. I learned that the Native Americans tribes were kind and helpful to the families moving west. One other thing I learned that every one in ten people died on the trail to Oregon. I also learned that many people walked the two thousand mile trail barefoot.
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Since I read the Oregon Trail I learned that some people walked it barefoot, sounds like that would hurt my feet. I didn't know ten percent died on the journey. I also didn't know people shot accidentally. Something that surprised me was that 500,000 people made the journey. The Oregon Trail ended in 1869.
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The Introduction was about how the the first people to use the Oregon Trail were Marcus and Narcissa Whitman in1836, but people started to go there in1843. The Oregon Trail opened up the land we call the west without the Oregon Trail we would not have Hollywood or Las Vegas. To me the Oregon Trail was a incredible discovery. It was a hard journey to make but the beat the odds and made it to the west.
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The introduction basically introduced you to the Oregon Trail. There were a few facts that I was just amazed at. One of those facts was how some people walked the whole Oregon Trail! A whole 2000 miles! That is pretty awesome. I also learned that the Oregon Trail pretty much created the states of California, Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Nevada and Washington. That is a lot of states created just by one trail. There was also another fact that really surprised me. 1 in 10 people died on the Oregon Trail. That is kind of surprising. I feel really bad for those people and their families. Traveling to new land to begin a new life and on the way, some lose that life. It is really sad. It was also interesting to learn that some Native Americans were actually helpful to the emigrants. That is pretty surprising to me. The trip on the Oregon Trail overall sounded hard but it lead emigrants to a good place.
ReplyDeleteRian Weida: While reading the introduction I learned that the Oregon Trail was the only route that was practical to travel on. It did more then just lead people to Oregon, if we hadn't had the trail we would not have Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho and Utah in the United States today.
ReplyDeleteOn the long journey there were many difficulties, it was definitely not an easy trip. Some hardships people had faced were walking about two-thousand miles barefoot, or even death (one in every ten people died). Many of the people traveling said that the Native Americans were the major cause of death, when really it was sickness or unintentional gunshots.
The first people to make it to Oregon on a covered wagon were Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, who traveled there in 1936 (although many traveled there in 1943). From 1943-1968 over half of a million people moved to Oregon. Now everybody is trying to preserve this historical trail.
Introduction-
ReplyDeleteI learned that if there wasn't an Oregon Trail, we wouldn't know about the western states we have today. One in ten people died on the way there, and many walked the two-thousand miles to get to Oregon. When people got to Oregon, all of them didn't stay there. Some went to California in search of gold. The first two people who made the trip, got there in 1836, but the big wave of migration to the west didn't start until 1843.
Discoverers and Explorers-
ReplyDeleteThis one was mostly about who found what when they went west. Lewis and Clark were one of the first people to travel past the Rockies. They thought they had found the best way through the Rockies and to the West, but they were wrong. Much of the West was later discovered by mountain men. They could be looking for something and accidentally find something really important. Like when Jedediah Smith re-discovered the South Pass.
-Brody Hulme
Discoverers and Explorers-
ReplyDeleteLewis and Clark were the first people to find a passage to the Pacific Ocean, but it was too difficult for wagons to pass through. John Jacob Astor found the Pacific Ocean but didn't succeed, and Robert Stuart discovered the South Pass through the Rocky Mountains.Then Zebulon Pike told everyone that the west was inhabitable. After that mountain men began traveling the west and they discovered many new things, like Yellowstone National Park, the Great Salt Lake, and Bonneville and Walker discovered the only practical route to California. John Fremont was a big hero because of his journey on the Oregon Trail. Overall, there were many people that were involved in discovering the Oregon Trail.
While reading the introduction section about the Oregon Trail I learned that if it wasn't for the Oregon Trail places like Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho, and Utah probally wouldn't be here today. I also learned about 1 in 10 people died along the way and that many walked the entire 2 thousand mile journey barefoot
ReplyDeleteintro- thousands of pioneers made the journey. and it was the only corridor in the western United States. The journey was difficult. A lot of people died along the way
ReplyDeleteIn the second section, I learned a lot. In 1803 Lewis and Clark were sent to go look for a way to the Pacific by the President. Nobody had ever done this before and it was really dangerous since they would be going on to British land. On December fifth, of 1805 Lewis and Clark finally reached the Pacific. John Jacob Astor was the second person to go on a long expedition, but he wasn't sent by the Government like Lewis and Clark. He was also the richest man in the world, back then. The mountain men were very adventurous and had a hard life, but I think overall they enjoyed it because it was very exciting. But they did not have many friends, only the Native Americans they saw occasionally
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ReplyDeleteThe Pioneers were never attacked by the Native Americans, they mostly helped them. It also said that the people walked barefoot on the long journey west. they didn't worry about getting attacked by the Native Americans, but they did worry about diseases, cleanliness, and accidental gunshots.
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"Jumping off"-
ReplyDeleteThis article is about places people could go before they began their journey. Some of these places were Independence, Westport, St. Joseph, Omaha, and Council Bluffs. Before people started the journey, the grass had to be growing so the animals could eat, and they had to have plenty of food for the long journey. They also had to make sure their wagon was perfect, and they had to have tools to fix something if it broke. Finally when it was time to go, the trail was very congested because everyone wanted to go at the same time, so this was very dangerous.
In 1800, much of the western U.S. was untouched. No cattle ranches, very little civilization or cities. But in 1803 when President Thomas Jefferson wanted to figure out a water route to the pacific, many thought this was a questionable choice. Jefferson chose Meriwether Lewis to be the leader of the expedition. In which turn ended up choosing William Clark to be co-leader. In 1804, Lewis and Clark began their expedition with a few dozen men west up the Missouri River. When Lewis and Clark did find the pacific, many thought that the expedition had perished because it took so long.
ReplyDeleteJohn Jacob Astor, the world's richest man at that time, heard of the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1810 and thought of it as a way to make money. He wanted to make a fur trading enterprise in the mouth of the Columbia River but he had to find a way to get across the American West.
Despite Stuart's discovery of the 20 mile gap in the Rocky Mountains known as "South Pass", it would've taken several decades for the big move to the west to begin. Main reason of this was because of Lt. Zebulon Pike. In 1806, Pike was sent to explore the great plains and the Rocky Mountains. What he actually found was "The Great American Desert". With that being said, many people back east thought that there were cactus and dry land and little water, so the big move west was delayed.
Despite all that was being said, little Americans did move west within a decade of the 19th century. These people were called "Mountain Men". They lived thousands of miles from civilization, with no homes, possessions or family. Many thought it was an exciting life, but it was very hard.
p.s. this section was extremely long.
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ReplyDeleteIn this I learned that Lewis and Clark who were the first people to travel past the Rocky Mountains, and find a passage to the Pacific Ocean. They thought that they had the best passage, but a covered wagon could not travel that path. When John Jacob Astor found the Pacific Ocean, he did not succeed with his plan. Later on Robert Stuart had discovered the South Pass that went through the Rocky Mountains. After many failures, Zebulon Pike had declared the West inhabitable. After traveling west, mountain men discovered many things, Great Salt Lake, Yellow Stone National Park, and Bonneville. So with that, you can tell that many people were apart of the Oregon Trail, and many discoveries were made.
Jumping Off-
ReplyDeleteI learned that the pioneers had small settlements along the way. These small towns were called Jumping Off Cities. Some of the cities included Independence, Westport, St. Joseph, Omaha, and Council Bluffs. People would camp in these cities if they couldn't go any further or if the grass wasn't long enough for the cattle to graze. They would camp for as long as they wanted, sometimes up to a year.
-Brody Hulme
Joe: in the second section i learned that President Thomas Jefferson organized for a party of people to go to the Pacific. And he chose his neighbor to leed them : Meriwether Lewis.
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ReplyDeletePresident Thomas Jefferson orders a secret mission for Lewis and Clark to check out the west. The journey was really long and there route they found couldn't be used with wagons. John Jacob Astor, the richest man in the world at the time, sent people to find a path to the wild west so he could make a fur trading post to make money, his crew found the pacific ocean.
Zebulon Pike was sent to the west, he returned and said it was a great big dry dessert. He was responsible for delaying the journey of the Oregon Trail. Mountain Men lived off the land and made discoveries like Salt Lake City and Yellow Stone.
Tony W
O my gosh I can’t believe there were people walking barefoot a whole two-thousand miles and that one in every ten people died. That is a lot of people dying and walking that long would be so tiring. It is quite amazing that just one little (but long) trail could make such a big impact on the United States.
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ReplyDeleteThe very first people to arrive in Oregon came by boat before the trail was even made. Most of the people that took this journey were rich, and it usually took around a year. This route was much longer, and it went all the way around South America.
Discoverers and Explorers:
ReplyDeleteWhat I learned from reading the article, "Discoverers and Explorers" is that there were many people that helped in the process of finding the Oregon Trail that were not recognized. Many people believe that Meriwether Lewis and William Clark a.k.a. Lewis and Clark founded the Oregon Trail. That is not completely true, the route they founded was too difficult for wagons to take. Their mission was still considered successful.
At the time the world's richest man, John Jacob Astor, planned on setting up a fur-trading enterprise at the mouth of the Columbia River. He founded the Pacific Ocean, but didn't succeed. Robert Stuart discovered the South Pass through the Rockies. Later Zebulon Pike told everyone that the West was uninhabitable.
After the mountain men started to travel the West and they discovered many places. For instance they discovered Yellowstone National Park, the Great Salt Lake, Bonneville. John Fremont was a major hero because of his journey on the Oregon Trail. There were many people that contributed of the finding of the Oregon Trail.
From the Introduction, I learned that over half a million people travelled on the trail in the next 25 years. Also, I learned that the first two people to go Oregon in a covered wagon were Marcus and Narcissa Whitman. And that 1 in every 10 people died on the trail.
ReplyDeleteIntroduction: I learned that the Oregon trail led to more then just Oregon, one in ten pioneers died on the trail, it's two thousand miles long, and most pioneers died from cholera, poor sanitation, and accidentally getting shot. -Emma
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ReplyDeleteFrom the introduction I learned that we might have never found the western coast, and that the natives weren't the biggest threat on the trail but sicknesses and deseases, and that it really started in 1843 and ended 1869.
ReplyDeleteFrom the introduction I learned that the Oregon Trail was the only feasible way for settlers to get across the mountains. If it wasn't for the Oregon Trail, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho, and Utah probably wouldn't be part of the United States. I sadly learned that the trip on the Oregon Trail was difficult, and one in ten people died. I also read that some people walked the whole two-thousand miles, geez. Over 25, more than half a million people went west on the trail, for farmland or gold.
ReplyDeleteIntro: I learned that we might not have the western half of the united states today if it wasn't for the oregon trail. I also learned that one in ten died and the a lot walked the 2000 miles bare-foot. In only 25 years half a million people traveled the trail. Some of the marks from the wheels are still there today.
ReplyDeleteWhile reading the Introduction I learned that the Oregon Trail was more then a pathway to Oregon, that it was the only practical corridor to the entire U.S. I also learned that Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho, and Utah would probably not be part of the U.S. if it weren't for the Oregon Trail. Another thing I learned while reading the Introduction is that 1 in 10 people died on the Oregon Trail, and many walked the entire way barefoot! That's crazy! After that I learned that from 1843 to 1869 more than half a million people went west on that trail searching for farmland, or gold!
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ReplyDeleteI learned that the first people to go to oregon were not part of the big migration. Marcus and Narcissa Whitman went in the year 1836 and the migration came in 1843. The migration brought more than half a million people west ward through the trail! Thats a lot of people though there were more than that that went on the trip only that many really completed the trip. One out of ten people died that tried to make the trip west ward how they died or if it was an accident or not will never be known. The train came and more and more people used that than the wagon routes because it was safer and more efficient for the people.
In "Discoverers and Explorers" I learned that Lewis and Clark didn't really find the Oregon trail all by themselves, there was a lot of people who helped but didn't really get any credit. John Jacob Astor, he was the richest man at that time, and he saw an easy way to get money, so he tried it. Then, there were men called "Mountain Men" who helped, also. They would look for animals, shoot them, and get the fur. They would explore. So, a lot of people contributed in the findings of the Oregon trail. And I thought that it was just Lewis and Clark who found the Oregon trail. So, I learned that that's not true!
ReplyDeleteIt tells how the U.S. joined with the Oregon trail to join with the west side over the mountains. It was the only way over to the west so the Oregon trail was good for some things. Many of people died on this trail and only a handful lived. It still exist to day in some places not all.
ReplyDeleteIntroduction: I learned that Native Americans weren't the biggest problem of the settlers. They actually helped the settlers. It was cholera, poor sanitation, and accidental gun shots that were their biggest problems. I also learned that it was the easiest way for settlers to get across the mountains. Another thing I learned was that without the Oregon Trail Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, Idaho, and Utah probably wouldn't be apart of the United States. -Linda Babinat
ReplyDeleteI learned that the Oregon Trail made it so Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho and Utah could become apart of the United States. I also learned that almost everyone walked the whole way barefoot.
ReplyDelete"Jumping Off"- I learned that what they called a "jumping off" place was where they would get rid of some luggage that was in their wagons. Pioneers never used huge wagons, they always used small farm wagons because they were easier to take and they could pivot and not hurt the ox's back or mules or horses. They also couldn't really over pack because their axles would break most likely, and it wouldn't be good for the animal/s that were carrying the wagon.
ReplyDeleteIn this introduction I learned that the Oregon Trail practically opened up most of the western United States, and people weren't going there just for Oregon, but they also were going through the Oregon Trail to get to the other states. Like California for the gold rush. Though it was a very large risk for the men, women, and children who traveled down the Oregon Trail. -Intro
ReplyDeleteFrom the introduction i learned that it was a corridor not just a pathway, but most ten died along the way there. And most people would walk two thousand miles thats a long walk i would probally need lots of water and a whole lot of duct tape.
ReplyDeleteIn the article "Discoverers" I learned that while Lewis and Clark found a trail, it was too difficult for people to use. I thought that Lewis and Clark were successful for finding a trail, but now I know it's because they made a detailed map and had taken many scientific notes on the wildlife. I learned that John Jacob Astor, the richest man in the world, funded the next expedition because he saw an chance to make money in fur trading. I learned that Zebulon Pike delayed the great move West because he called the plains "The Great American Desert." -Emma
ReplyDeleteI learned from the introduction, that people were walking barefoot for two thousand miles. The Oregon Trail was completed in 1869. I also learned the 1 in every 10 people died on the trail. The journey was really difficult to walk and barefoot that was just interesting to me that people would walk all that way and barefoot.
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ReplyDeleteI learned that Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho and Utah would not be part of the united states if it werent for the Oregon Trail. Another thing I learned was that the journey exceptionally difficult to todays standards and that 1 in 10 people died during the jounrey. Many people walked the entire two thousand miles barefoot. The first people to emigrate to Oregon in 1836.
Jessi:Intro: I learned that the first settlers to go on the Oregon Trails were Marcus and Narcissa Whitman.That one of the pioneers enemies were accidental gunshots. I fought it pretty amazing that people walked 2,000 miles barefoot. There are people who are trying to preserve the trail.
ReplyDeleteThe Route West- they either had to take a year long boat ride to get there or a 4-6 months wagon ride. But, the boat/sea ride was expensive and most pioneers couldn't afford it, and most people weren't near a sea port to go to the West.
ReplyDeleteFrom "Discoverers and Explorers," I learned that in the 1800s the American West was still wild, and not that many people lived in that area, yet. Then in 1803 President Thomas Jefferson sent out a small party to find an easy water route to the Pacific Ocean. He sent Lewis, Clark, and a few dozen other men. President Jefferson also wanted them to gather scientific information about the region. The journey took so long that they assumed the expedition had perished, but then in 1805 Lewis and Clark reached the Pacific Ocean. The route Lewis and Clark found was to difficult for pioneer wagons to travel on, but it was still a success. Then John Jacob Astor thought of a plan to find a fur trading route through the mountains to make money, but failed. Then Robert Stuart finally found a 20 mile wide gap in the Rocky Mountains for the wagons to fit through. Zebulon Pike's opinion on the Rocky Mountains was, "the Great American Desert, and unfit for human habitation.
ReplyDeleteJumping off cities: This part is about places the pioneers went before their journey. Places such as, Omaha, St Joseph, Independence, Westport, and Council Bluffs. The pioneers could take little to no possessions on their trip due to very little room on their wagons.
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ReplyDeleteIn this chapter I learned that in te 1800s, the American West was still wild, and that not very many people lived in the area yet. In 1803 the president at the time, Thomas Jefferson, sent out a small party to find an easy water route out to the pacific Ocean. The small party he sent consisted of Lewis and Clark and a few dozen men. President Jefferson also wanted them to gather scientific info about the region. the expedition took so long they thought it went wrong, but then in 1805 the expedition they sent reached the Pacific Ocean. Even though the route they took was difficult for wagons to travel on, people still considered it a success.
"Jumping off"
ReplyDeleteIn this part I learned that there were few jumping off places to choose from. Some of those were Independence, Westport, St. Joseph, Omaha and Council Bluffs. Some people were told that people died from cholera but they actually weren't.
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ReplyDeletein this part I learned that the fee for a sea journey to Oregon was very expensive, also I learned that most pioneers heading west came from the central states. The Oregon Trail, also called the Oregon California Trail, generally follows the Platte River to its headwaters.
Power
ReplyDeleteIn this part i learned that people were debating over whether to have oxen carry their load or mules. i learned that people did not like mules as much a oxen because they thought they were weaker.
Hardships
ReplyDeleteIn this part i learned that if the ferries tipped over than the people who were on board that didn't drown owed the ferryman $16. Because many people overloaded their wagon some of the people with them would have to walk the entire 2,000 miles on foot. Also in this part i learned that you should NOT fall under a moving wheel on a wagon or you will have your head split to pieces.
Discoverers and Expolerers: I learned that Lewis and Clark didn't find the Oregon trail. The path that they found was to difficult for the wagons to use, but their trip was still considered a success because they found many scientific facts. I also learned that the next expedition was paid for by John Jacob Astor, the richest man in the world at the time, because he wanted to make more money by opening up a fur-trading enterprise at the mouth of the Columbia River. Another thing that I found out was that Robert Stuart discovered the South Pass thourgh the Rocky Mountain.-Linda Babinat
ReplyDeleteJumping Off: I learned that "Jumping off" cities were cities that pioneers went to, to get any extra items out of their wagons. Some of these cities were Independence, Westport, St. Joseph, Omaha, and Council Bluffs.The economy on these cities depended on emigrants passing through. So to get people to go to their city agents were hired to talk badly about other towns. Independence was the most popular of these cities in the Oregon Trail's early years.-Linda Babinat
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ReplyDeleteThe Route West: I learned that you could also go by boat instead of by wagon over land, but going on boat was to expensive for most pioneers to pay. Also most pioneers lived in the central states far away from the sea ports. The boat ride was a year long, and taking a wagon over land was four to six months.-Linda Babinat
ReplyDeletePower:I learned that there was a huge debate over what animal was the best fit to pull the covered wagons. The three animals were horses, mules, and oxen. Horses were quickly rejected because they couldn't survive off of the paririe grasses. Oxen could live of the paririe grasses or sage, they were strong, and they were less-expensive. the problem that they had with oxen were that they were solw. They only went about two miles per hour. Mules could live off the paririe grasses and they were faster than the oxen.A problem with the mules were that they didn't follow direction that well. Most of the pioneers chose oxen.-Linda Babinat
ReplyDeleteJumping off: I learned that competition between cities was fierce, so they hired people to go East and say bad things about other cities. I learned about how much planning you had to do before you traveled. You had to leave in mid-April so your livestock that pulled your wagon had something to eat. A family of four would need over a thousand pounds of food to survive.
ReplyDeleteRoute West: I always thought that people had only one option to get out west. I now know that you could take a 2000 mile journey on foot, which took four to six months, or you could go by boat. Going on a boat took almost a year. Most people went on foot, because it was cheaper and didn't take so long.
ReplyDeletePower: I learned what people used to move their wagons. The most popular animal was oxen because they could eat grass or sage, and were very strong. A draw-back was that they were really slow and moved at about 2 miles per hour.
ReplyDeleteHardships: I learned that it was very difficult to get out West. If you took a boat, they might make you pay 16 dollars just because you didn't drown.It was even worse if you went on the wagon train. If you didn't fall under a wagon wheel and get your head crushed or starve from lack of food, you had a good chance of getting cholera and dying.
ReplyDeleteCamping: I learned that camping on the trails wasn't that fun. They didn't have enough wood so they had to burn dried dung to cook their food, and the food was terrible. The bread was burned on the outside and doughy on the inside. Then they had to get up a five in the morning to walk for fifteen miles.
ReplyDeleteHardships: I learned that there was many hardships that pioneers faced on the Oregon Trail. Some people walked the whole two thousand miles. The weather was also against them lightning stricked people, hail the size of apples hit them,and rain. Many people drowned trying to cross the Kansas, North Platte, Green, and Columbia Rivers. Some people fell out of the wagons, and if one of the wheels rolled over them it was instant death. Children mostly died this way. The biggest problem on the trip was Cholera. There was no cure for this disease. Some people had a proper burial, others were left abandoned to die alone. Those that were buried animals digged them up and ate them. There was human bones and body parts along the trail.-Linda Babinat
ReplyDeleteBuffalo: When traveling, people would get fresh meat by killing buffalo. Unlike the Native Americans, they didn't use the whole buffalo, so they left a lot of the carcass to rot. The pioneers nearly made the buffalo extinct.
ReplyDeleteCamping: I learned that camping was very difficult. They ran out of wood so they had to use dry buffalo dung to fuel the fires. I also learned that they circled their wagons, but not for protection against Native Americans. They circled their wagons to keep the loose livestock from running away. If they were lucky they would have quail or buffalo meat, but most of the time they ate bacon. Cooking bread was difficult because bugs and dirt got into the mix, and it was burnt on the outside and doughy on the inside.Then they would do it all over again staring at five in the morning to walk for fifteen more miles each day.-Linda Babinat
ReplyDeleteBuffalo: I learned that there used to be buffalo as far as the eye could see. Heards buffalo sometimes blocked the pioneers way. So people killed the buffalo because it was an easy way to get fresh meat. The Native Americans used nearly every part of the buffalo, and emigrants left the carcas to rot. The pioneers almost made the buffalo extinct.-Linda Babinat
ReplyDeleteNative: I learned that the Natives were very friendly toward the pioneers, but the pioneers didn't reciprocate. The Native Americans rounded up cattle, saved pioneer's lives from drowning, and trading with them. Later, the pioneers attacked the Natives over a cow that they'd eaten, and the Natives finally fought back.
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ReplyDeleteThis part was jam packed with information. I learned a lot from this section. One thing that I learned was about Lewis and Clark. I thought they did find one of the easiest trails to the west. Well, it turns out they didn't. That was surprising to me.
Truly, the easiest trails were discovered by mountain men. Jeddidiah Smith was one of the greatest mountain men. He was daring and didn't let anything stand in his way. He was a very amazing person. Many of the expeditions made to the west were successful in their own ways. One expedition found the Great Salt Lakes. They thought they had found the Pacific but they didn't.
Discoverers and Explorers
ReplyDeleteI learned that Lewis and Clark were the first to explore the unknown West. Lewis and Clark were sent by President Thomas Jefferson in search of an easy water route to the Pacific Ocean. They set out on their journey in May of 1804 and didn't reach the Pacific until December 5 of 1805. Lewis and Clark's route was much to difficult for wagon traffic, but their journey was considered a success because their detailed maps and notes provided a wealth of solid scientific data.
After Lewis and Clark, John Jacob Astor sent men to find a solid route so he could set up a fur-trading enterprise by the Columbia River.
Mountain men were very adventurous. When they set out to the West they didn't take many possessions with them because they lived off the land. Many mountain men worked for fur traders. The men hunted beavers for their pelts to be used as hats. John Fremont became a hero for his journeys west and he encouraged people to travel West.
"Jumping Off"
ReplyDeleteWhen they talk about jumping off, they are really refferring to something else. When emigrants loaded their wagons up onto steamboats, they would travel up-river to many cities. Those cities included Independence, Westport, St. Joseph, Omaha and Council Bluffs. Those cities were called "jumping off" places. Many emigrants camped for days or even weeks in these cities to get ready for the long journey west. The emigrants had to wait for the grass to be long enough along the trail so their animals had enough to eat. Families also needed food. A family of 4 would need more than 1,000 pounds of food to last through the trip! That is a lot of food. There were a lot of wagons that along the trail. These wagons were not all canastoga wagons. Some were just simple farm wagons. That really surprised me. These wagons weren't very big either. They were usually 4' by 10'. That is pretty small when you think about it. Many things had to be thrown out of the wagons so that the trip could be made easier. Scavengers could very easily find full wagon loads of flour, bacon, and cast iron stoves. As you can see, this section was full of information. It was fun to read.
The Route West-
ReplyDeleteThe 1st emigrants who came to Oregon really came by boat. Traveling on the Oregon Trail was auctually the most liked way of transportation. Traveling by boat was very expensive and many emigrants came form the midwest which wasn't even close to any sea ports. The trip by boat also took a year compared to 4-6 months on the Oregon Trail. The trail follows many rivers.
Power-
ReplyDeleteEmigrants had a heated debate about what kind of animal to have pull their wagons. Horses were dropped out because they cannot survive on prairie grass. Oxen were decided as the animal to use. Mules were also good to use but they didn't have the power of oxen. Mules were also stubborn. They really like to kick.
Hardships-
ReplyDeleteThere were many hardships while traveling on the Oregon Trail. One hardship was crossing the multiple rivers. Many people drowned while crossing some rivers. Many people had to walk the 2000 miles on foot. Some people also fell under the wheels of the wagons. Mostly children were the victims of this kind of death. Some people were killed by lightning strikes. Diseases, specifically Cholera, also took its toll. As you can see, many people lost their lives while traveling to start a new one.
Camping-
ReplyDeleteCamping wasn't very fun along the trail. There was a daily routine that the emigrants followed every day. They circled their wagons so it would hold in their lose livestock. Fires were also important. Further on down the trail, trees became rare to see and they had to use oxen poop to build a fire. Surprisingly, it gave off an oddorless flame. Everyone was asleep by 9 p.m. The train of wagons traveled at least 15 miles a day.
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ReplyDeleteJumping Off:
ReplyDeleteIn this article I learned that during the emigrants journey, 200 miles from St. Lois, the Missouri take a cruel turn to the north. Which caused the emigrants to "jump off" at different places. Some of these places were Independence, Westport, St. Joseph, Omaha, and Council Bluffs. Many emigrants camped for days or even weeks in these cities to get ready for the long journey west. The emigrants had to wait for the grass to be long enough along the trail so their animals had enough to eat. People would also be in need if food. Many families had to throw out items in their wagon to make the journey run faster and smoother. Giving scavengers opportunities of a lifetime. With all the left over items sometimes even full wagons.
Buffalo-
ReplyDeleteThere were was pretty much buffalo herds everywhere. The emigrants did not use every part of the buffalo. They a lot of the time just left the carcosses to rot and not do anyone any good. Some just shot the buffalo for sport and not anything else. They didn't make a very good use of their resources. I would have had a very hard time back then seeing all of that left-to-rot food. I use everything I can when I can get it. Don't waste a thing.
The Route West:
ReplyDeleteIn this section I learned that the first emigrants to arrive in Oregon did not take the Oregon Trial, but instead took boats/ ships to Oregon. Even after you were able to travel on land you could still travel by water transportation. The bad thing about water transportation was the cost of it. Most families weren't able to afford it, but in some cases families were. On top of this most emigrants came from central states which had no bodies of water near them, so the simpler thing for them to do would have been to travel on land. Many people call the Oregon Trail the Oregon Trail, but the correct way to say it would be The Oregon- California Trail.
Jumping Off
ReplyDeleteEmigrants would load their wagons onto steamboats to get them up the Missouri River. The emigrants would then get off at Independence, Westport, St. Joseph, Omaha, or Council Bluffs. These towns had everything the emigrants would need for their long journey. Emigrants would wait days and even up to weeks to leave. Many would wait till the grass go t tall so the animals could graze on the grass during the journey. Emigrants would all decide to leave at one time, this would cause traffic jams along the way. Many emigrants overloaded their wagons, so along their journey they would throw things out to make their wagons lighter.
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ReplyDeleteWhat I learned from "Power" was that emigrants had a major debate on what animals would pull the wagons. Horses were crossed out because they could not survive on prairie grass the whole journey. In turn, most emigrants decided to look into oxen, being the animals who pulled the wagons. The ox would eat anything, pull the wagon through anything, but the bad part about an oxen is their speed. 2 mph, that's their speed. Sometimes people would even have miles pulling their wagon. Many people have it wrong though. Instead of approximately 2 oxen it's more like 4,6, even 18 at a time.
Hardships:
ReplyDeleteWhile reading this section I found out there were many hardships while traveling on the Oregon Trail. To name a few, there was river crossings, walking, accidents, weather, and cholera. Many emigrants died from these hardships. Hundreds dying from attempting to cross different hard parts of different rivers. Many emigrants had to walk because they would overload their wagon creating no space for themselves or family. Accidents could cause deaths also. The wagons were no place for kids to play around because many would end up underneath one and dying. Weather damage was horrible. Real people having hail damage or getting struck by lightening. Last but not least cholera, the incurable. You would go from perfectly healthy to dead within minutes.
Camping:
ReplyDeleteCampin on the trail was no fun. There were daily routines. There were hardly any supplies to creat a fire. This caused the emigrants to use oxen dung as a source to start a fire. Surprisingly the dung had an odorless smell. The emigrants would cook all meals over the fire. Most of the time they ate bacon. The emigrants would circle their wagons everyday, not to protect themselves, but to keep the oxen from wandering.
Buffalo:
ReplyDeleteOften times the buffalo caused the emigrants great issues. In return the emigrants also contributed to the buffalo species being nearly extinct. The emigrants didn't make use of their resources very well. Most of the time emigrants would kill the buffalo for sport not food. Leaving most of the buffalo to rot.
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ReplyDeleteNative Americans:
ReplyDeleteIn this article I learned that the emigrants did a lot of assuming towards the Natives. They always expected all these attacks when very few of them actually took place. The emigrants were very rude to the Natives considering how respectful the Natives were to them. The Natives would round up lost cattle, help drowning emigrants, and help pull out stuck wagons. All together the emigrants didn't even try to get to know the Natives before assuming what kind of people they were. Finally the Native Americans had had enough and were ready to fight.
Buffalo
ReplyDeleteIn this part I learned that buffalo often times caused the emigrants great problems. Also emigrants helped extinct buffalo. Also in the part it said that emigrants would hunt them not for food but for sport.
Route West:
ReplyDeleteSome of the first emigrants that come to Oregon got there by ship before the trail was established. The sea journey was quite expensive to go to Oregon. Very few Pioneers could afford it. The Oregon Trail traveled along the Platte River.
Power:
ReplyDeleteDuring the traveling of the Oregon Trail, many pioneers what kind of animals should pull their wagons. Horses were quickly rejected since they couldn't feed off of prairie grass. As a result most of the pioneers decided to go with oxen. Mainlly because they were strong as a result, they could pull heavier loads and were less expensive.
Introduction
ReplyDeleteThe Oregon Trail was a lot more than just a pathway to the West, but more of a gateway to the West. Back then traveling on the Oregon Trail was exceptionally difficult. By today's standards it would be horrid. In 1843 the "great migration took place.
Native Americans
ReplyDeleteIn this part i learned that there are two different types of Native Americans, the Cheyenne and the Pawnee. I learned that people thought that the native americans were mean people but they were actually very nice. I learned that most encounters with the Native Americans were usually business.
Hardships:
ReplyDeleteRiver crossings were very stressful for the pioneers to use. Hundreds drowned while attempting to cross the Kansas, North Platte and Columbia Rivers. An amazing 37 people died alone in 1850 trying to cross one river.....which was the Green.
The Route West-
ReplyDeleteThis one was about how some of the earlier settlers went to traveled to Oregon by water before the trail opened up. But that route took the travelers about a year. The new Oregon Trail took only 4-6 months. I also learned that the trail is called the Oregon-California Trail as well as just the Oregon Trail.
-Brody Hulme
This shows that the Oregon Trail was very dangerous and even today people like historians and other interested in the trail try saving whatever is left of it. The introduction gives a lot of information in a very short paragraph…….. I am not sure what else to put now………….
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ReplyDeleteThere was a debate over what animal should pull the covered wagons. Horses were fast, but they wouldn't have anything to eat along the trail. Most people decided to use oxen because the could eat the prairie grasses, they were strong, but the only bad thing was that they were really slow. Mules were also used because they could live off prairie grasses, were fast, but they weren't as strong as oxen. So most people used oxen on their journey.
Discoverers and Explorers
ReplyDeleteThis section was about the people who found routes to the West. One thing was that Lewis and Clark thought they found a passage across North America, but they didn't. They're trip was still a success though, and now the West was no longer a mystery. Another thing, Robert Stuart found the a 20 mile passageway through the Rocky Mountains called the South Pass. This was the only passage wagons could get through. These people and many other mountain men really opened up the West for settlers.
Joe: the third section was about the Missouri River and how emigrants would pack up all of their stuff and leave and head upstream. after they got to where they wanted to go which were called jumping off places they would stay there and if they didn't like it there then they would get back onto the boat or whatever they go there on and go to the next place.
ReplyDeleteIn the article Discovers and explorers it goes more in depth about the way to the trail. Lewis and Clark had a route but it just wasn’t able to pass through easy enough. Lewis and Clarks expedition was counted a success even thought the travelers had trouble passing through it. The reason they had their journey counted a success is because they had all the notes and points on the map that shows they did find a way to the west. Lewis and Clark had to leave the Untied States soil and travel on to the British soil. The president at the time was Jefferson chose his old friend and his neighbor M, Lewis. Lewis had to lead the venture and also chose a man out of frontiersman to take along. Lewis had chosen William Clark to travel along with him as a companion. The hope to this venture was that Lewis and Clark would have found an easy water route to the Pacific Ocean. It was going to be a simple and easy route for people to travel, emigrate, and trade.
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ReplyDeleteIn 1803 President Thomas Jefferson came up with a secret group to go to the lands that no one have ever gone before. He hired Meriwether Lewis and William Clark as the leaders of the expedition. Lewis and Clark's path was a very hard path. There would be no way Wagons could travel on it. There were many other ways people found to get over the Rocky Mountains. The route that was the only good route was founded by Bonneville and Walker.
Discoverers and Explorers~
ReplyDeleteLouis and Clark were the first explorers that I read about, they are given credit for finding the Pacific Ocean even though they were way off. Next was the Astorians who traveled two different ways to make a fur trading business on the Columbia River. One group went on land the others went on water. Last was the mountain men, they went threw the mountains looking for raccoon fur. They also came up on some rough times like having to amputate their own limbs and freezing in the winter.
Kelsey
Power-
ReplyDeleteThis section was mostly about which animal settlers wanted to move their wagons. Most people picked oxen. They picked oxen because they could live off of almost anything, they were strong, and they wouldn't run off. Some bad things about having oxen were that they were slow and someone had to walk along and lead their way. Some people chose mules to carry them along because they wanted their journey to be faster. Some people doubted that the mules were strong enough to make the full journey. Horses weren't chosen because they don't eat prairie grasses.
-Brody Hulme
Jumping off:
ReplyDeleteI learned that conestoga wagons weren't used by the pioneers. Instead of the conestoga wagons, they used small farm wagons. When the emigrants were a few miles outside of Independence they noticed that they had packed way too much stuff so they had to throw most of their things out.
Camping:
ReplyDeleteAfter a couple of days going on the trail, the emigrants would settle into a routine. Awake before sunrise, yoke the oxen, cook breakfast, keep moving. They only had an hour break for lunch at 6 p.m. They then set up camp for that night. They circled their wagons, not for the protection of Native Americans, but for a corral of loose livestock. They got the fire going as soon as possible and then dinner was begun. They usually burned the bread for supper and very doughy on the inside. Plus keeping bugs and everything out was a challenge. Camping became more diffiicult in 1849 due to it getting crowded. Mainly for finding fuel for their campfires. Trees became scarce and they resorted to buffalo dung. It did give an odorless flame.
Jumping off:
ReplyDeleteEmigrants loaded wagons on to steamships for the long journey ahead. The options of cities they could stop at were Independence, Westport, St Josephs, Omaha, and Council Bluffs. The cities wanted as many people as possible, so they hired agents to provide false rumors of cities. When they got to cities people over packed their wagon with food for the 2000 mile journey. When it was all time to go the was huge traffic jams, people not knowing how to steer wagon, wagon repairs, and people throwing wagon belongings out to make the wagon lighter.
Tony W
Jumping off:
ReplyDeleteIn jumping off I learned that emigrants would put their wagons on steamboats to go up the Missouri River. Then the emigrants would get off in Many different towns. These towns had everything they would need on their journey. The emigrants would wait a while before they left. Many waited until the grass got tall, so their animals could eat the grass. They would decide to leave all together, this would result in heavy traffic. Many emigrants had to much stuff in their wagons so they would get rid of it along the way to make it lighter, hence "jumping off"
~Rian Weida
There is a ton of different discovers. I didn't know that really lewis and clark didn't do that much and didn't find what they were looking for. I learned that really lewis and clark are technically called mountain men. Also the explorers had to walk or ride a long way just to find part of land or fur trade which is kind of dumb to just kind but your life on the line.
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Discoverers & Explorers~
ReplyDeleteThomas Jefferson chose to send Mariwether Louis to try to find a route to the Pacific Ocean. Louis and William Clark left May 1804, and they thought they had found the easiest path. They actually hadn't though. The world's richest man, John Jacob Astor, heard about Louis and Clark's travels and decided to set up a fur trading post by the Columbia River. Astor's men couldn't find a way to get to the end of the river, but they did find the, hidden, 20 mile wide gap in the Rocky Mountains. No one used the path for a while though because Lt. Zebulon Pike traveled west, and when he came back, he told people it was not fit for human habitation.
In 1808 John Colter discovered what is now Yellowstone National Park, although no one believed him when he said he had found a place with water shooting into the air.
Discoverers and Explorers
ReplyDeleteI learned that the real discoverers and explorers of the American West were Lewis and Clark. Lewis was an old friend and neighbor to Jefferson who led the expedition, but the co - leader was Clark. In May, 1804, Lewis, Clark, and twelve other men were sent out to explore the West, and find an easy water route to the Pacific through North America. The next major movement westward was from John Jacob Astor. Astor saw a way he could make a lot of money but failed. He planned to set up a fur - trading enterprise at the Columbia River, but couldn't get his men across the West, and Native Americans. The third biggest problem was the Snake River. Astor just could not keep that river at bay. He lost a man and a substantial amount of supplies.
Jumping off:
ReplyDeleteThis was about people who loaded their wagons with whatever they would need like food, clothes, water, stuff like that for 200 miles. The people would stop at one of 5 towns, get off and live there, or just stay there for awhile. The options of towns they could stop at were; Independence, Council Bluffs, Omaha, St. Joseph, or Westport. The economies of the towns depended on the people that came there and what they brought. In the end though, many people noticed they brought too much stuff and had to throw some out.
Hardships-
ReplyDeleteThere were many hardships along the trail that the settlers had to overcome. River crossing were a major hardship and hundreds drowned while trying to cross the rivers. The wagons didn't have any safety, so if someone fell under the wagon, they died. Also a lot of emigrants walked because the wagon was overloaded. Weather was also a hardship because people were killed by lightning strikes, injured by hail, or their wagon leaked because of the hard rain. The biggest problem along the way was the disease, cholera, that could not be cured. People could die in just a few hours from getting it, and this killed the most emigrants.
As pioneers went west on the Platte River they encountered the Buffalo. The western Legend. Very immense herds sometimes blocked pathways for pioneers. One wagon had to wait 2 hours for buffalo to pass before they could begin again. Many thought that hunting buffalo could be a sport. Not a way for food, but a sport. Pioneers nearly made the species extinct because they let the carcasses rot instead of using the entire buffalo like the Native Americans.
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ReplyDeleteI learned that the first emigrants to arrive in Oregon came by ship before the trail was established. Most Oregon-bound pioneers came from the central states.
Hardships-
ReplyDeleteThis section was about the hardships people had to face during the journey. Some included walking, river crossings, wagon accidents, weather, and cholera. Some people had to walk the whole 2,000 miles along the trail. Many people drowned while crossing rivers. This was very difficult for settlers to do. Wagons weren't very high tech back than so if somebody were to fall and land underneath a wheel they were dead like that. Cholera was the worst cause of death though. No one had any idea how to cure this disease. People could go from healthy to dead in a few hours.
-Brody Hulme
Discovers and Explorers: In this part I learned that in 1803 Thomas Jefferson had sent a small party to the Pacific. Congress then had to agree it was alright for the trip to happen. I learned next that Lewis and Clark would be the ones making the trip into British territory.
ReplyDeleteThen in 1804, Lewis and Clerk began their trip with a few dozen men. They started at the Missouri River. In 1805 Lewis in Clerk had thought they found a water route to the Pacific, but they were wrong.
I learned next that a man named John Jacob Astor wanted to become rich by finding a trail to Oregon. He sent two two groups tried to find a trail.
I then read about a man named Lt. Zebulon Pike, who said that the west was one big dessert. People didn't want to move there until Maj. Steven Long concluded that the west was suitable for the man-kind.
I learned that mountain men didn't have an easy life. They lived on the land, and had no home. The mountain men were soon put into companies.
-Peyton
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Route West:
ReplyDeleteThis was about how some pioneers went to Oregon before many others. The journey was long, and quite hard, it took between 4 and 6 months. The Oregon trail opened up much of the West, including California, Washington, and Oregon. Another option to get there was to take the sea route, which was on a ship/boat. That was very expensive, so very few went that way.
~Rian Weida
Jumping Off
ReplyDeleteThis section told us about settlers that were heading west from St. Louis. These settlers would go to "jumping off" places like, Independence, Council Bluff, Omaha, Westport, or St. Joseph. Once they were here they would get their wagons on a steamboat on the Missouri River. Also I learned that the towns were packed with emigrants, so many had to wait. Also a family of four would need over 1,000 pounds of food for the journey to Oregon. They're wagons were usually packed full of supplies.
Discovers and Explorers
ReplyDeleteDylan C.
Lewis and Clark set out on 1803 to map the West, and find a route to the Pacific Ocean. They reached their destination in 1805. The route they found was unable to be traveled by settlers though. They did find success in finding new species and mapping out the areas they traveled.
In 1810 two groups of men sponsored by a man named John Jacob Astor set out to also find a way to the Pacific. Astor wanting a fur trading enterprise to be set up in the West. One of his groups went by ship and traveled around cape horn. The other group went overland but one of the canoes they rode across a river capsized and lost many of their supplies, even though they made it to their destination. They ended up traveling back to the East and unknowingly discovering South Pass, a easily traveled route.
Zebulon Pike went to the Rocky Mountains in 1806. When he returned he called it the "American Desert". The name stuck, and it discouraged travelers to go West.
The few that did go west were called Mountain Men. They were a group of people that caught and traded furs, and also found trails leading through the West. They were know for being a hardy group of people. A few famous Mountain Men are Jim Bridger and Jedediah Smith, who rediscovered South Pass, and brought it to the people.
Fur trading companies were also set up. They hired mountain men to capture furs for a year, and then they would trade the furs for whatever they needed to survive. A few of the owners of these companies were Manuel Lisa and William Ashley (each having their own system to this trade).
John Fredmont traveled the Oregon trail in 1842. He was sent to make a positive advertisment along the trail. He got travelers to start traveling the Oregon Trail, even though his wife made all the ads.
Jumping Of:
ReplyDeleteIn this article I learned that many people would stay in one spot until the grass was long enough for the animals to eat. I also learned that conestoga wagons were never used. They used small farm wagons. Many people had to through things out of their wagon because they packed to heavy or had to many things.
The Route West:
ReplyDeleteThe Route West was about people coming to Oregon. The first people that came to Oregon did not come in covered wagons like the later ones did. They either walked the 2,000 mile journey on foot, or they rode over on a boat. By boat, it took longer than it did in a covered wagon. The sea journey took one full year and they journey in a covered wagon took only 4-6 months.
JUMPING OFF
ReplyDeleteIn this article about people leaving their home a lot of emigrants loaded up their wagons onto steam ships and headed west up the Missouri River from St. Louis. For most it was easy travel but didn’t really last all that long. The people travling would stop at places and unload and that was called their jumping off place. The frontier towns depended on all the emigrants passing through so when they left so many agents so they said would follow them and badmouth any cities they were going to stop at. The rest of the article went on saying things about the wagons, supplies, waiting, congestion, and over packing.
The Route West
ReplyDeleteThe first emigrants to get to Oregon came by ship before the trail was established. Ships were not popular because they were expensive, and they took about a year instead of 4-6 months walking. Also most people that emigrated to Oregon lived in central states, far away from ports.
Tony W
Discoverers and Explorers
ReplyDeleteThis section was about all the discovery's of the west. Lewis and Clark went west to map a fast way to the Pacific Ocean. A man named John Jacob Astor got his men to go over water and another go over land, he failed both times. Zebulon Pike was next to explore the west, but he went to the Arizona, Nevada region and said the west was inhabitable. The mountain men were rugged fur traders that used the west, but one named Jedediah Smith re-discovered South Pass. Other explorers started to explore the west which lead to the settlement of the west
-Tristan Johanningmeier-
Native Americans:
ReplyDeleteThe first part of the Oregon Trail had two major Native American tribes. The Cheyenne to the North and Pawnee to the South. Pioneers worried about both. Many thought that there would be attacks on them. But they did not come. Native Americans were very kind to the pioneers by helping them wagons, rescuing drowning people, and even round up lost cattle. Nearly all the Native American transactions were for simple business. Mainly trade was the real reason. Within a couple of years, the prairie grasses were overgrazed, all firewood burned, very little buffalo. Many tribes along the Platte were impoverished.
Power:
ReplyDeleteIn power, it talked about what animals people used to pull their coved wagon. Oxen was the most used, because they are large, have a lot of power, and would be able to live off of the grass. On the downside, they were very slow and needed to be guided. Mules and horses were not chosen because they didn't have the strength, and horses don't eat prairie grasses.
~Rian Weida
Lewis and Clark
ReplyDeleteI learned that Lewis and Clark were not the people who found the route that everyone took when going to Oregon. I learned that Robert Stuart found the pass,but thanks to Lt. Zebulon Pike, the movement west didn't start until after about 30 years because of "the Great American Desert," wich was that Pike called the plaines. I learned that mountain men were fur trappers as well as explorers. I learned also that Fremont didn't do the writing part of his job, but his wife did.
route west
ReplyDeletethe first emigrants that came to Oregon was by ship before the Oregon trail was established the oregon trail generally follows the platte river in southern idaho the california trail splits off
Camping-
ReplyDeleteSettlers had the same schedule about everyday along the journey. They would wake up at 5 a.m. and eat breakfast, than they'd be out on the journey. They would take and hour for lunch in the middle of they day. At about 6 p.m., they would stop, circle up the wagons, make their fires, and eat dinner. They didn't circle up their wagons because of attacking Natives, but it provided a good barrier for livestock. Sometimes, to start the fires, settlers would have to use buffalo chips, they didn't like to, but it provided a good fire with no smell. Than at 9 the would sleep, most on the ground, but some in the wagons.
-Brody Hulme
Joe : the route west was a 2,000 mile walk or a year long boat ride. the first of the emigrants that came to Oregon were by ship. Oregon was expensive and most families couldn't afford it.
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ReplyDeleteThis article told us that before they started going there by wagon they were getting there by boat. Riding on the boat was really expensive and it took up to a year. Riding in a wagon only took about 4-6 months and didn't cost as much. Also the Oregon Trail hooks up with the California trail for a while. The Oregon Trail follows the snake river.
Power:
ReplyDeleteThe pioneers thought the horses were not able to pull their covered wagons because they could not live off of prairie grasses, so they said they were going to use oxen or a mule, but they were very slow and mules were fast. Both mules and oxen live off of prairie grasses. Many people risked their lives to rope up the mules because they kicked them many times.
Camping-
ReplyDeleteWhen the emigrants settled, they all had a routine that they followed. Also the wagons were in a circle, so the animals couldn't get loose. They cooked all their food over a campfire, which could be difficult, and a big problem was finding fuel for the campfire. Eventually there weren't very many trees, so they had to use buffalo dung. They usually ate bacon, but sometimes they got lucky and got to have quail or buffalo. After they ate they went to bed and then woke up early the next morning to start the process over again.
The Route West
ReplyDeleteFirst thing, before the Oregon Trail was found some pioneers had a different way of getting to Oregon. They would take a water route. This water route would go from a sea port on the East all the way around South America and end up in Oregon. This trip would take a year compared to the 4-6 month wagon ride. This way was also expensive, so almost no pioneers could afford it. Also I learned that the Oregon Trail should be called the Oregon-California Trail because most of the way (until Southern Idaho) these trails are the same.
I had no idea that the emigrants would put their wagons on steamboats to go on the River upstream. I also was wondering how the people keep from being bored, i mean you hear this 5000 miles and you think I bet they could have used a DS or something. I also learned that the place ahead of this emigrants were going to be better for them in the end.
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ReplyDeleteJumping off is about how pioneers would stop at town in Nebraska and Council Bluffs. It said that in Independence it was so packed people were parked for three square miles in a line. If the pioneers broke an axel then they had to leave everything and try to find another or just stay in the town they broken their axel in. It also talked about how people would trash talk other towns to get people in your town. Lastly it talked about how the pioneers would just dump stuff out of their wagons because somethings were too heavy.
Kelsey
Jumping Off
ReplyDeleteSince the Missouri River heads west, a lot of emigrants got their wagons, or went on steamships for the journey west ahead. The choices of cities the emigrates could stop at were Independence, further upriver was Westport, St. Joseph, Omaha, and Council Bluffs. A major problem one emigrant said was cholera in St. Joseph, but nobody died of cholera the year that emigrant stated that. Sometimes the people getting ready for the journey would stay there for days and weeks at a time! Another emigrant stated that lots of shops were in the cities with supplies needed for the journey. In the streets were lots of men, oxen, and machinery. The men were getting the oxen all harnessed up while the wagons were also getting repaired.
Power:
ReplyDeleteThe article Power is about whether the emigrants should have horses, mules, or oxen pull their covered wagons. Horses were out quickly because they could not live off of prairie grass and they could not walk that far. Oxen on the other hand could live off of prairie grass and sage. Anything, really. Oxen were also much stronger and less expensive. Some people chose mules though because they wanted to get to Oregon faster. The only bad thing about the mules was some people thought they couldn't walk the whole distance.
Hardships:
ReplyDeleteThere were many hardships along the journey. Many emigrants had to walk the 2,000 miles, occasionally barefoot, because of full wagons. Weather was another hardship. People were very unprotected of storms. Wagons had little safety, so if you fell underneath then you got ran over and died. The biggest hardship was Cholera, which killed you in a matter of hours.
~Rian Weida
Buffalo-
ReplyDeleteAs the emigrants traveled west, their first encounter was the buffalo. They came in huge herds, and sometimes they blocked the trail and they had to wait two hours for the buffalo to pass by. When they killed the buffalo, they left the carcasses to rot, unlike the Native Americans who used almost every part of the buffalo.
Jumping off~
ReplyDeleteEmigrants would load their wagons on steamships and ride to one of many of the "jumping off" places. Independence, Westport, Oklahoma, and Council Bluffs were places people would jump off. The emigrants would have to wait in these towns until the grass was long enough for their animals to graze in. When they would leave it was late April or early May. Some wagons were filled too much and the emigrants had to just throw out some things. The next people coming through could collect wagons full of the things the others threw out.
Buffalo-
ReplyDeleteThe settlers would see plenty of buffalo along the trip west. Sometimes there would be big herds and sometimes there would be stampedes. The settlers would sometimes have to wait for the stampeding buffalo to go by. This could take up to hours on end. Some settlers would go off trail to hunt buffalo. They would leave the carcass to rot though. This led to almost extinction of the buffalo.
-Brody Hulme
Hardships:
ReplyDeleteBecause of the emigrants overloading their wagons there wasn't much room for people to ride along, so most people walked the whole 2,000 miles by foot.If someone fell under the big wagon wheels, death was very fast. Many lost their lives this way. Children were most of the victims in these kinds of accidents. Many emigrants were also killed during storms by getting struck by lightning and getting hit my large sized hail. When it rained it was pouring and there was no shelter so eventually the covered wagon would leak through.
THE ROUTE WEST.
ReplyDeleteThis article goes into detail about how long it would be, the trip itself walking would be 2,ooo miles. By boat it would take a year. The first emigrants came by ship to Oregon before the trail was even established. When migrations began people still traveled but the pioneers that lived in that area didn’t always like them. When most families wanted to live in Oregon couldn’t afford it because Oregon is a very expensive place to live. A lot of Oregon pioneers came from the central states far from any seaports. The journey took up to a full year unlike wagons that took them 4-6 months to get there.
Power:
ReplyDeleteIn this article it talks about what kind of animal would pull your wagon. They didn't have horses pull because they could not live off of grass. Most people picked to have Ox pull their wagon because they could live off of grass and they were strong. The only bad thing about Ox is that they were slow, they only could go about 2 miles per hour. If people were in a hurry to get there they would have mules pull their wagon. Many people thought that mules wouldn't stay as long as Oxen would. They would have 4,6,18 animals pulling their wagon not just 2.
Power
ReplyDeleteThis section was about the debate between using horses, oxen, or mules to pull wagons. I learned that they didn't use horses because they couldn't live off of the prairie grass. Oxen could live off of prairie grass, but they were much slower. They were strong and less expensive, but they were slow. So the pioneers chose mules. Mules were faster than oxen, and they could live off prairie grass, but many thought that they weren't as strong as the oxen.
Power:
ReplyDeleteIf you took the journey on land would you use horses, mules, or oxen? Horses could not live on land so that was out of the question. Mules could live off land, but they were not as strong, and they were very rowdy and wild. Oxen are strong, durable, and will not run off. The only problem with that is that they are very slow. If oxens are to slow you could run out of food and die of starvation.
Tony W
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ReplyDeleteemigrants decided the oxen would pull the wagon of emigrants there was only one problem with the oxen it was slow it went about two miles per hour there was an alternative for those in a hurry the mule the mule was faster there was only one problem with the mule there cantankerous disposition
The Route West~
ReplyDeleteThis article was about how pioneers could either take a boat to Oregon or go by covered wagons. Going by boat was much more expensive and it took a lot longer. This option was available but not too many people took that option because they could go by wagon faster and cheaper.
Kelsey
The Route West
ReplyDeleteSince the trail to Oregon hadn't been made yet, the first emmigrants to Oregon went by ship. Traveling by ship wasn't the most popular by most pioneers because it was very expensive, most emmigrants traveling to Oregon didn't live on the coast line, and lastly the sea journey took a lot longer than the trail. A geogical way of explaining this would be the Oregan Trail follows the Platte River to its headwaters then follows the Snake River until it reaches the Columbia (river) which then flows into the Pacific Ocean.
The Route West~
ReplyDeleteBefore the Oregon Trail was made, emigrants would travel to Oregon by ships. Even after the trail was made people would travel by ships. Traveling by ships wasn't the easiest way though. It cost a lot and it usually took a year when traveling by wagon took 4-6 months.
The Oregon Trail follows the Platte River then the Snake River until it reaches the Columbia.
Route West-
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that there some pioneer had a different route to Oregon then the Oregon trail. I also learned that before the wagon the people would use boats. I also learned that the boats took longer so why would they use those. I think I would rather walk that instead of a year long boat rid plus i would most likely get sick on the boat a lot. I also learned that the Oregon trail followed the snake river.
Camping:
ReplyDeleteWhile the emigrants were on their journeys they had a specific routine/schedule that they followed. They would wake up, eat, start their journey, eat lunch, continue journey, they circle around and have supper. They usually had bacon, and occasionally had quail or buffalo. Fires were hard to find fuel for, so they used buffalo chips. When the wagons were circled, this provided a barrier so their animals couldn't get out. Then they went to bed, woke up and repeated this process.
~Rian Weida
Power-
ReplyDeletethe settlers didn't have horses pull their wagons because they could not live off of prairie grasses while on travel. And as a result of that they had oxen pull their wagons because they were strong and could live off of prairie grasses or sage, and they cost less than horses do. But with all of those positive things there were negative things like oxen were slow they could only go about 2 miles per hour. but there was another option, they could get mules instead if they're in a hurry. Mules could go faster and they too could live on prairie grasses. But the mules didn't have as much power as the oxen and the biggest problem was their disposition.
Camping:
ReplyDeleteThe emigrants woke up at 5:00 am, and had a break at lunch time and around 6:00 pm. They went to sleep around 9:00 pm. It was very difficult to make food because of all of the bugs and dirt getting into the food and the food did not cook right. It was usually burnt on the outside and very doughy on the inside.
"Jumping Off"
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People would travel up the Missouri Rive to "Jumping Off" towns such as Independence, St. Louis, or Omaha. These towns would be were they started their journey on the Oregon Trail. The towns would compete with each other for these settlers because their economies relied on them. They would make up lies about other towns just so they would get more settlers. Independence being the most popular of the towns.
People had to wait once they arrived in the towns in early spring because they were waiting for the grass to grow. If they left to early, their livestock wouldn't be able to graze, and they would be in big trouble. Where they camped was often packed, and hard to find other people. They would also buy supplies, because a family of four needed 1,000 pounds of food to make it all the way.
The settlers usually used small farm wagons for their travels. They were easier to travel with then a consetoga wagon. The wagons were simple with four wheels, an axel, a carridge, and a white canvas overtop.
When the settlers left, there was usually a traffic jam with the inexperienced drivers running into things. The settlers also found out that they over packed, so they through the things they didn't need out. This made the trail full of debris. The people of the town would often take the thrown out items and claim them their own.
Jumping Off
ReplyDeleteIn this section towns would make other town look bad so that the settlers would go to theirs. The people would have farm wagons and when the all left it created a huge traffic jam. People would overflow their wagons so they had to throw it all out. Jumping off towns were dependent on emigrants so the would bad mouth the other towns. The wagons were great vehicles the wheels were just right so they would not get stuck, they had wood breaks, and the had canvas roofs. Some of the people did not know how to drive a wagon they tipped them over and crashed them into trees.
-Tristan Johanningmeier-
Native Americans-
ReplyDeleteThroughout the whole journey, the emigrants were worried about Native Americans attacking them. Instead they were a big help. They helped drowning emigrants, traded with them, rounded up lost cattle, and helped stuck wagons. Than when a cow got off trail and wandered to a Sioux tribe, they ate it. This led to a massacre on the Sioux and other Native American tribes. Three big massacres were the Grattan Massacre, Massacre Rocks Incident, and the Bear River Massacre. The Grattan Massacre sort of led up to all of the other ones.
-Brody Hulme
Jumping Off: In this part I learned that the families could put their wagons on boat, and travel upstream. They would get off the boat at a small town. This was called jumping off. The places were the emigrants camped were crowded. Some times it got up to three square miles. The grass wasn't long enough at the start of the journey, that there wasn't enough grass for the animals.
ReplyDeleteI learned next that one family would need to have over a thousand pounds of food for the trip to Oregon. Which was put in the wagon. These families didn't use big wagons, but small farm wagons. The wagons were four feet by ten feet.
Then trail was like a traffic jam because every one wanted to leave at the same time. Some times people wouldn't have the right knowledge for moving west. I learned that some times people would over fill there wagon, and later have to get rid of some things.
-Peyton
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Joe
POWER
ReplyDeleteMost families chose oxen over horses because horses could not survive off the prairie grass like the oxen can, a lot of people had a heated debate over that. The people who chose oxen had a problem to deal with, the oxen were slow, about 2 miles per hour. Mules were next up on the list. Mules were faster than oxen and they could survive off of prairie grass unlike the horse and oxen. Families who liked using ox didn’t think the mule would have power like the ox did to pull a family, their belongings and a wagon.
Step 4:
ReplyDeleteThe connection from Iowa to the Oregon Trail was that in 1804, Lewis and Clark held council with local tribes nearby. This was called Council Bluff. Mormons who were bound for Utah came here in the 1840s and named the place Kanesville. Over time, it became an important way station for the Mormon faithful. As westward travel over the North side of the Platte increased, it became a popular Mormon community. After the last of the mormons departed, Kanesville was a time without government. This is due to the fact that the Mormon church was the only form of government. In 1863 the town was chosen as eastern terminus of the Union Pacific railroad. Construction began in 1866 and by 1870, five different railroads were with connections to the Union Pacific railroad.
Hardships:
ReplyDeleteIn this article I learned that many people died when going on this trail. Some ways were drowning in they rivers, falling under the wagon and getting ran over, of Cholera, and Weather. Most peopled died of Cholera. One second you could be feeling fine then the next second you could be sick at die. Many people just put the sick people on the side of the road to let them die alone with no one around. Also many people had to walk for the 2,000 mile the trail was. There was not much room in the wagon so people walked barefoot. Weather injured/killed. Many people died from getting struck by lightening or getting hit by hail the size of an apple.
Hardships:
ReplyDeleteThe article Hardships was about the hard times the travelers had to go through during their trip to Oregon. The worst was Cholera. Cholera killed two thirds of a wagon population on a bad year. Also, many children lost their lives because they fell over the wagon and were crushed by the wagons huge wheels. The weather did not help much either. Many people were struck by lightening and many more were injured when they were hit with hail the size of apples. Since the travelers packed so heavily not very many people could fit on one wagon. Many had to walk. But, the ones that walked, most of them made the whole 2,000 journey, barefoot. One last thing that made it hard for the travelers were the rivers. Many would drowned in the rivers because maybe they could not swim or because their ox could not pull their wagon through all of the water.
Native Americans-
ReplyDeleteThe emigrants worried that the Native Americans would attack them, but when they met them, they were very kind and helped pull out stuck wagon and many other things. Most of the encounters were for trade, but after a while the emigrants overgrazed all the prairie grass, burned all firewood, and killed all the buffalo, so the tribes got angry. But they never really killed any emigrants, except for the Grattan Massacre, which happened because the Native Americans ate the emigrants cow. Another incident was the Massacre Rocks Incident that killed 9 emigrants, which was a cause of some people taking a different route. The biggest incident was the Bear River Massacre, where emigrants traveled to the Bear River and killed 400 Shoshoni men, women, and children. After this the Native American had enough and were about to begin to fight back.
Power~
ReplyDeleteWhile trying to decide what animal would pull the wagons, horses were considered, but then that idea was rejected because they couldn't live off the prairie grass the whole way. Then oxen were chosen because they were cheeper and could live on the prairie grass and sage. The problem with oxen was that they could only travel 2 miles per hour. So that's when mules were considered for people in a hurry because mules could also live off the prairie grass, but they weren't as strong or powerful as oxen.
Buffalo:
ReplyDeleteOn the journey to Oregon, emigrants had many encounters with buffalo. Whether a herd was crossing, or there was a stampede, the encounters were unavoidable. Usually people had to wait many antagonizing hours for these animals to pass. Occasionally people would go and hunt the buffalo, but leave the carcass to rot, as opposed to the Native Americans, who used every part of buffalos. This nearly caused extinction of buffalos.
~Rian Weida
Power~
ReplyDeleteThis article was about why they chose oxen and mules instead of horses. The didn't use horses because they wouldn't eat grass and sage. Then they went to oxen because they were strong, they would eat grass, and they were cheaper than horses. If they didn't want oxen they chose mules. They chose mules because they would also eat grass.
Kelsey
The Route West
ReplyDeleteDylan C.
Some of the people who went to the Oregon territory traveled by sea. This was expensive though, so most pioneers couldn't afford it. Most traveled along the Oregon Trail. It follows the Platte River, through mountains into Southern Idaho. From there it follows the Snake River into the Columbia River, which flows all the way to the Pacific.
Buffallo:
ReplyDeleteMany people had to wait two hours for a herd to pass by because many of the herd were blocking the path for the emigrants. The Native Americans used almost every part of the buffalo,and the emigrants often left the carcasses to rot.
Hardships:
ReplyDeleteRiver crossing was dangerous and many people died of drowning. Wagons were packed full of food so people had to walk the 2000 mile journey. Some died of falling under wagon wheels. Thunderstorms also took lives. The disease Cholera was the number on cause of death.
Hardships
ReplyDeleteThis section was about the hardships that the pioneers had to face on their journey west. First, was river crossings. Many people drowned crossing the many rivers on the way west. So others took ferries. These ferry rides cost 16 dollars. Second, was walking. Many emigrants overstocked their wagon, so many made the 2,000 mile journey on foot. Third, was accidents. The wagons didn't have safety features. If a person fell under a wheel, they were dead. This often happened to children. Fourth, was weather. Some people were struck by lightning. Many were injured by hail during storms. And rain flooded wagons on the open plains. Finally, was cholera. Cholera was a mysterious disease for which was no cure. If someone got cholera, they would die in a couple hours. The sick would be abandoned on the side of the trail. When they were buried, animals would dig them up and scatter bones and body parts along the trail.
hardships
ReplyDeletehundreds drowned trying to cross the kansas, north platte, and columbus rivers thirty seven people drowned just from the green river alone many walked the whole two thousand mile journey a half a dozen were killed by lightning strikes many were scared of one thing the disease chorlea many had already died from it
Discoverers & Explorers
ReplyDeleteLewis and Clark was sent by President Thomas Jefferson to go and explore the west and find a water route to the Pacific. They failed at it. The second major westward expedition was funded not by the government but by John Jacob Astor. His plan was to have a fur-trading enterprise on the mouth of the Columbia River. The only problem was that he needed to get his men across the uncharted west. So, he sent one group by ship and one group by land. Both groups got there. The group that went by land, found the South Pass that went through the Rocky Mountains. The South Pass made it possible for wagons to get through. People didn't start to move west until decades later because Lt. Zebulon Pike referred the plains as "the Great American Desert," but mountain men didn't listen to his report and decided to go west and live in the mountains. They were thousands of miles away from civilization. The greatest mountain man of all time was Jedediah Smith. He sewed his scalp back on, right after a bear clawed it off. His greatest achievement was his expedition to the Southwest. He set out for Great Salt Lake. His intent was to travel the land no man has seen before. The second greatest mountain man was Joe Walker. His greatest triumph was the trail he blazed to California. Manuel Lisa, was a clever guy because he got the mountain men to sell their furs for money. Explorer John Fremont became one of America's biggest heroes because of his journeys west along the Oregon Trail. He advertised the west as a wonderful place to live. He got a lot of people to believe him so they moved there.
Introduction-
ReplyDeleteIn the introduction i learned that if they wouldn't of moved to the states that are now Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah they probably wouldn't be apart of the United States if it was not for the Oregon Trail. Also 1 in 10 died on the way, many walked barefoot 200 miles too.
Power
ReplyDeleteIn this section I learned that there was a huge debate whether to use horses or oxen. In the end it all came out to be oxen because they were very strong, they could live off of grass, and that they were cheap.The biggest problem with the oxen was that they were very,very slow. They really could only go about 2 mph. An alternative for those emmigrants that didn't have time were mules. Mules could live off of prairie grass, and were a lot faster.
Power-
ReplyDeleteThere is three kind of power the emigrants used oxen, horses, or mules. Most didn't use horses because they could stay in prairie as long as oxen so most choice oxen to pull their cart because they were strong and could live off grass or sage. Only the ox were slow only 2 miles an hour. So they went to mules put they didn't work as well either so what is the best power?
Native Americans:
ReplyDeleteMany emigrants were worried about Native Americans attacking them, but when they had encounters the natives were friendly and usually helpful. Oftentimes they would trade on encounters. Soon the emigrants used all the grasses, burned all the wood, and killed all the buffalo. The natives became very angry. Sometimes they ate their animals, or even killed them. After that emigrants began to fight back.
~Rian Weida
That Tomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark on an expedition, and they said they found a navigable across the passage. A man named John Jacob Ashtor funded an expedition, and mountain men started finding passages that were easier to navigate.
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ReplyDeleteI learned that Oxen were the most used animals for the wagons and I learned what a draw back was. It was when they had to go slower than normal. Also, the Oxen were most popular because, they didn't have to eat certain things and they were noble and good. They never really mis behaved and they did what they were told.
Discovers, and Explorers i learned Lewis & Clark were sent by Thomas Jefferson to discover the west route. Mountain men are very adventerous and explored alot and thats what i learned.
ReplyDeleteCouncil Bluffs: Iowa is connected to the Oregon Trail in a few ways. Council Bluffs got its name from Lewis and Clark. Lewis and Clark would hold councils with the Native Americans on a nearby bluff, hence the name. The Mormans started a community called Kanesville where Council Bluffs was. After almost all the Mormans went to Salt Lake City the remmaining people changed the name back to Council Bluffs.
ReplyDeleteDiscoverers:I learned that it was not louis and clark. Clark said he found the easiest was by wagon. He found the most hard way. No wagon could ever have followed their footsteps. It is still very difficult to follow the same route today in this time period.
ReplyDeleteIt tells how Lewis and Clark started and how they didn't find the Oregon trail. Lewis and Clark Found the Pacific Ocean on their journey. They thought they were on the continent of North America, but they were way off. The way they were going no wagon could go to follow their foot steps. It tells us one of the best known mountain men, Bridger. He found the Great salt lake thinking that it was the Pacific Ocean. The greatest known mountain man was Jedediah Smith. He had to have his scalp sewed after a bear fight that almost killed him he lost a ear too.
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ReplyDeleteI learned that the pioneers had to walk bare foot, didn't bathe for long periods of time (that would kinda smell..), and if someone fell out of the wagon and got ran over by it, they'd be instantly dead. And it was usually children.. :(
Also, I learned about Cholera because it was a deadly disease and they didn't have a cure for it. Also, I learned that Cholera was the way most people died.
Discovers and Explorers- The west was still wild. which meant that they're were no inventions made and that it was all vast land. Also most of the people who went down the Oregon Trail weren't going just for Oregon, but they were going for the land that was not a state, but another country. Like the Lewis and Clark Expedition as they went out in what was known as the Louisiana Territory. Though they're were people like Lewis and Clark who went out in search of land, finding path ways through the mountains, or they were known as Mountain Men.
ReplyDelete"Jumping off"-These were places were emigrants if going up river by steam boat got off, and they called them jumping off places. these places consisted of Independence, Westport, St. Joseph, Omaha, and council Bluffs. The economies of these towns depended on the emigrants passing through. The emigrants were told of cholera except when they got there almost no one got it. Families need thousands of pounds of food to finish the 2000 mile journey.
ReplyDeleteDiscoverers: In this article I learned that Robert Stuart, was the one that found the gap through the Rocky Mountains. If you were a mountain man you didn't have many belongings, just things that could fit on your back. A mountain man named, Jim Bridger, took an arrowhead in the back on one of his adventures and didn't get it out for three years, ( speaking of pain ). Overall, this article was a lot about the brave mountain men who discovered the route to the West.
ReplyDeleteJumping Off In reality, no one died of cholera in St. Joseph that year.
ReplyDeleteEach spring these small hamlets became raucous boomtowns as thousands of emigrants camped for days or weeks while getting ready to begin the journey. Independence was by far the most popular point of departure in the Trail's early years.
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