Essay On Oregon Trail

Did you know that over 500,000 people traveled the Oregon Trail? The Oregon trail had a effected America in many ways, including the population change, manifest destiny and the beginning of land expansion. The Oregon Trail was an insanely hard Trail to complete. About 20,000 people died trying to complete it. Some common diseases that were caught in the Oregon Trail were Typhoid, Mountain fever, Cholera, the flu, measles, and smallpox. About one out of ten who set off didn’t survive. Pioneers all had their different reasons to venture off to explore Oregon. Some of the pioneers went to Oregon to farm or went to California to search for gold. (Britannica.com) In the United States, there is a 2,170-mile historic large wheel wagon route that connects the Missouri River to the valleys in Oregon. From 1811 through 1840 the Oregon Trail was conquered by immigrants and pioneers. It crosses through Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon. Pioneers brought many things along with them onto the Trail, including bacon, coffee, flour baking soda, dried beans dried fruit, …show more content…
After each and every family gathered their teams and hitched to their wagons a trumpeter played the trumpet to signal “Wagons Ho”, to start the wagons down the Trail. The usual distance covered in a day was about fifteen miles, on a good day, the pioneers could probably conquer a good 20 miles down the Trail. The Oregon Trail started in Missouri and ended in Oregon and came across as about 2,000 miles long. The Oregon Trail wasn’t just one set path, there were several pathways and choosing the right one was the challenge for the pioneers. The pioneers endured everything from disease outbreaks accidents or wagons tipping over and dry dirty deserts or freezing deep water crossings, this wasn’t your everyday Trail. (American