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I lived in Utah and I always had my life threatened as I have 3 wives and many children. But now I get to express my religious views freely as so does my family. Although one of my wives and three of my children died to get us this far, my family now calls the Great Salt Lake home. I work very hard as we are constantly building new canals and dams to get our water supply. But we are alone and happy.

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I live in Missouri where many other Merchants, like me, do. I sell my products of cloth and china to make a fairly okay profit. But as more merchants appear, I lose business. So I went along with Becknell to sell my goods in New Orleans and though I thought I wouldn't make it at times, I did. I sold all of my products and became rich with gold. I can wait to go again next year.

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All these trails have given us a passage to the places we want to go- no matter what our reason- and have allowed us to venture into the west that we bought so long ago. Giving all Americans such equal opportunity

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While most people travel westward for wealth, others moved because of discrimination. Mormons, who lived in Utah, were constantly being threatened by the surrounding Americans who believed in another religion. This caused them to move by following part of the Oregon trail only to move off by the Great Salt Lake. They built dams and canals to deal with the little rainfall they received there. Now they live in a place where no one wants to live unlike the rich land of Oregon.

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Rich land---Rich Farmers---Success Stories
Oregon Fever
Reports of thousands of people migrating from Missouri to the Oregon Territory suffering many hardships along the way. For what? The chance of prospering in wealth from owning land and farming. Many did not make it but still people, even today, go on the journey in hopes of farming the rich land. Taking the Oregon Trail to get to the rich lands.

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William Becknell took goods to the capital of New Mexico, Santa Fe, and came back with a lot money. His next trip to Santa Fe was with a group of travelers and wagons but the wagons could not go over mountain pass. Becknell found a shortcut that went through the hot desert. But beware if you make this travel of 800 miles known as the Santa Fe Trail; you may be crazed by thirst like many of his men were.

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After Thomas Jefferson had bought the Louisiana Purchase, many Americans became angry but that anger soon went away as they realized that they could move west.
Beware of the land speculators who will sell you land at high expensive if you want to begin your own farm as they had bought huge areas of land beforehand.
Merchants had followed these farmers, who wish to buy land, in hopes of selling the much needed supplies to them and receive huge profits.
The common man had immense chance in the West as they face on hardships no rich men would and try to get jobs while some try to get away from the rich men whom they owe money to

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1850