Oregon Trail
Traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1800s was a dangerous journey.However,the danger wasn't from Native Americans as you might think.As a matter of fact,many records show that Native Americans helped,many of the travelers along the way.The real danger was from a disease called cholera that killed many shettlers.Other dangers included bad weather and accidents while trying to move their heavy wagons over the mountains.
The pioneers were able to bring very little with them.When they left their homes in the east,the had to leave most of their belongings.The covered wagon was mostly filled with food.It took over a 1,000 pounds of food to feed a family of four on the trip out west.They took preserved foods such as hard tack,coffee,bacon,rice,bean,and flour.They also took few basic cooking utensils such as a coffee pot,some buckets,and an iron skillet.
What I'm going to write about is Oregon Trail,more than 400,000 pioneers traveled its trails in the boom years between 1840 and 1860,braving everything from diseases outbreaks and wagon accidents to arid and rushing river crossing.Each part of the journey had its challenge,but always the need to keep moving and complete the journey before supplies we exhausted,poor health …show more content…
Joseph,Missouri,or council bluffs,Iowa miles of opens plains initially greeted the travelers.The water of the Platte was too dirty to drink,not deep enough to float a barge,so broad that it left great mudflats and quicksand in the way of the unsuspecting settlers.As Rocky Mountains neared,the overlanders shifted to the north side of the Platte,and then maneuvered to cross he Continental Divide at the south Pass,low enough broad,enough and safe enough for wagon
Traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1800s was a dangerous journey.However,the danger wasn't from Native Americans as you might think.As a matter of fact,many records show that Native Americans helped,many of the travelers along the way.The real danger was from a disease called cholera that killed many shettlers.Other dangers included bad weather and accidents while trying to move their heavy wagons over the mountains.
The pioneers were able to bring very little with them.When they left their homes in the east,the had to leave most of their belongings.The covered wagon was mostly filled with food.It took over a 1,000 pounds of food to feed a family of four on the trip out west.They took preserved foods such as hard tack,coffee,bacon,rice,bean,and flour.They also took few basic cooking utensils such as a coffee pot,some buckets,and an iron skillet.
What I'm going to write about is Oregon Trail,more than 400,000 pioneers traveled its trails in the boom years between 1840 and 1860,braving everything from diseases outbreaks and wagon accidents to arid and rushing river crossing.Each part of the journey had its challenge,but always the need to keep moving and complete the journey before supplies we exhausted,poor health …show more content…
Joseph,Missouri,or council bluffs,Iowa miles of opens plains initially greeted the travelers.The water of the Platte was too dirty to drink,not deep enough to float a barge,so broad that it left great mudflats and quicksand in the way of the unsuspecting settlers.As Rocky Mountains neared,the overlanders shifted to the north side of the Platte,and then maneuvered to cross he Continental Divide at the south Pass,low enough broad,enough and safe enough for wagon