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Sometimes these wagons were called "Prairie Schooners".

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Most of the settlers used oxen to pull their wagons and other valuables.

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Traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1800s was a dangerous journey.

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Along the way, travelers had to cross all sorts of rough terrain such as the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada Mountains and other rough terrain.

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The Oregon Trail was a major route that people took when migrating to the western part of the United States

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It started at the town of Independence, Missouri, and ended at the Willamette Valley of Oregon.

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http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/oregon_trail.php

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The trail stretched 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers) across prairies, deserts, and mountains.

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It also cuts into the California Trail

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The Oregon Trail goes from Independence in Missouri to Portland on the very edge of Oregon. It also passes through the corner of Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Idaho

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Settlers began traveling on the Oregon Trail in 1841. The first large group used the trail in 1843.

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The Oregon Trail was the longest overland route used in the westward growth of the United States.

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Wagon trains handled the matter of funerals and grave sites in various ways.

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From the 1830's to the 1860's thousands of overlanders trekked across the plains.

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The wagons they used were either farm wagons, wagons that they built, or new ones in Independence or St. Joseph.

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They left because they were in search of rich free land that could be profitably farmed.

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They brought food, tools, clothes, cooking gear, sewing supplies, medicine, bedding, keepsakes, and some furniture.

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Voices From The Oregon Trail By Kay Winters illustrated by Larry Day.