Outline Question: What did the pioneers on the Oregon Trail face and what history was made and is still known today? Thesis: The Oregon Trail was not an easy trip. The pioneers faced many problems along the way such as Cholera and dysentery. The Native Americans did not make the trip and easier for them either. Introduction A) Over 300‚000 immigrants attempted to travel the route of the Oregon Trail‚ and only approximately 140‚00 made it to the other side. The trip across the
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The Legacy of the Oregon Trail The actual journey was not what Jesse Fremont had stated however. The trail was used beginning with the fur-traders and explorers who used it in the early 1820s and ended when the Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869. Most of the travelers were settlers who went through the paths of Independence‚ Missouri ending in Oregon’s Willamette Valley (Tindall‚ Shi 502). They were hoping to find new opportunities in the west and had started the trip with high hopes
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The Oregon Trail is a well known event that happened in our history. However many people are unaware of the events that really happened along the way to Oregon‚ and what people had to go through in order to reach their destination in the West. Marcus Whitman was born in 1802 in Rushville‚ New York‚ he received his medical degree from the college in Fairfield‚ New York in 1832. For four years he practiced medicine in Canada until he returned back to New York to become a missionary member of the Presbyterian
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Roles of Women on the Oregon Trail Part I: What I know Women didn’t have it very easy on the Oregon Trial. They had many chores/jobs they had to get done. And those jobs were no walk in the park. They were hard‚ laborious‚ and dirty jobs. They were also often “handed” these jobs. Women were often taken granted for. In the men’s minds‚ they were trivial‚ but that was far from true. If women hadn’t gone on the Oregon Trail‚ it probably wouldn’t have gotten that far. Women and girls play a big
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travelers‚ averaging one grave every 80 yards along the trail (Tindall‚ Shi 503). Along the way however‚ they still adopted the same lifestyle as they had back in the east. The women took the chores of being a housewife doing things such as cooking‚ cleaning‚ taking care of their children while the men took the jobs of steering the wagon‚ taking care of the animals and doing heavy labor (Tindall‚ Shi 503). It was the demands of the Oregon Trail that started to test the travelers with new tasks. Women
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Oregon Trail was a route of wagon trains bringing settlers from all over the united sates to the Oregon or California in 1840 to 1860s. It is one of the most important events in the history of the United States. Unlike other trails like Santa Fe Trail‚ most of the pioneers in Oregon Trail were settlers rather than traders. Pioneers usually travelled in family groups rather than individually (The Overland Trail‚ page no. 503). The trail was the only appropriate route to get to the west coast. It
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Social Studies Project Oregon Trail Many people went to the Oregon Territory to get free farm land. Some went hoping to find better health or better living conditions. Some went to escape problems. Others went for adventure and to seek new experiences. The Oregon Trail migration‚ also known as the Oregon-California Trail migration‚ is one of the most important events in American History. The Oregon-California trail was a 2‚170 mile route from Missouri to Oregon and California that enabled the
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search for a more prosperous life. The pioneers that traveled along the Oregon Trail faced the most difficulty trying to survive and thrive in the West due to unpredictable weather‚ deadly diseases‚ and surrounding threats The pioneers had to survive through numerous different diseases throughout their travels. Many pioneers suffered with diseases like Cholera and Smallpox. According to the web page “Death and Danger Along the Trail”‚ there was a lack of sanitation‚ leaving the travellers more susceptible
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Life of the Female Pioneer on the Oregon Trail University Of Phoenix HIS/110 August 25‚ 2012 Kim Murphy Life of the Female Pioneer on the Oregon Trail My life as a female pioneer taking the journey down the Oregon Trail was one of hardship and adventure. During the early 1800s settlers began to explore new territory in the New World looking for new opportunities. Through the pioneer journeys of Lewis and Clark a route through America was discovered that would take settlers to
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History 110 12/4/2012 My journey to Oregon May 1‚ 1848 It was decided by my husband that our family and two other families would leave Missouri tomorrow to Oregon to find independence and prosper in fur-trade. (Schultz‚ 2012) We have used most of our money to pack the wagon with food and supplies. Later Our first river! At far the Kansas River didn’t seem that bad of a crossing but when we couldn’t afford to pay the ferry we almost lost everything when we crossed the river and the wagon
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