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Among the many facts that I learned while researching The Donnor Party there were 5 that stuck out the most. The Donnor Party ended up leaving way too late in the season, they left on April 14th, 1846. This was too late for the location that they were starting in. While on the Oregon trail the leader of the party decided that they had found a short cut through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It was supposed to shave off weeks of travelling. This ended up making them travel many extra hundreds of miles. They traveled as far as they could until there wagon axle broke and then they had to stop their travels. They got caught in one of the worst winters ever in the mountains. The previous 81 of the party ended in the end of only having 45 surviving. The party members (after running out of food) resorted in cannibalism in effort to survive. Finally in early 1847, with half of them already dead, they got rescued.

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A Boomtown is a community that undergoes sudden and rapid population and economic growth. Most Boomtowns derive from settlers seeking mining prospects. As a result, some people became wealthy from the start, those people were called, "Bonanza kings". In Boomtowns because there were a lot of sudden population growth there were people called vigilantes. Also, as Boomtowns developed women began to gain more and more power.

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The Gold Rush was a short time in our history which lasted seven years, It brought settlers to parts of California in hopes of striking rich and finding gold. The miners who went to find gold had many tools and strategies of finding gold. The miners used methods such as Panning, Puddling, and Shaft Mining, the most basic tools were a shovel and pick and normally didn't bring in much gold. Panning took creek beds and washed out mud and dirt to find gold. Puddling separated gold and clay in large machines for efficiency. Finally, Shaft Mining allowed miners to work in large groups and min underground for gold.

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Some hardships were from death of relatives due to accidents. Also, the Indians attacked us on the Oregon Trail. As, we were going to Oregon Trail the supply shortage was an big issue. The weather was pretty bad which means some people died. The last one was drowning and diseases happens to people that probably just gave up.

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Mormons are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They belive in polygamy which means when they get married a man can have more than one wife.In Macrh 2010 the Mormon book sold its 100 millionth copy.Also, the first LDS temple was buillt in Kirtland Ohio in 1833.The LDS church founded by Joseph Smith.He built the church in April 6th 1830.

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On March 6th marked the 177th anniversary of the slaughter of the Alamo. There were around 200 men that took refuge at the Texan Mission. After the slaughter there were about 15 survivors that survived. But they were held as slaves by Santa Anna. About a month after the Alamo were slaughtered Sam Houston went and destroyed Santa Anna's army.

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When Mexico was fighting for independence against Spain, Mexico used the missionary to defend against the Spanish army. The Alamo was named the Alamo from the Mexican's after their home. During the Mexico American war the U.S. soldiers screamed "remember the Alamo" when they charged into battle. During the battle for the Alamo the Mexicans lost 600 to 1600 men. The battle became a symbol of heroic resistance.

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Some hardships of the Oregon Trail was the weather, at some points it would be really cold and other times it would be warm. So when it was cold out, they wouldn't have the proper clothing, get sick and then they could die. When it was warm out, they could get dehydrated, and then maybe die if not given clean, drinking water. Some other hardships, was that when you crossed the water, you could fall out or be walking in the water and then when you get to a deep part, you can't swim, then you would drowned. Another thing was Indian attacks, if you weren't protecting your supplies, family, and yourself, you could of died, your family could of died, or they may take you supplies. Also medicine was a big hardship, if someone got sick, you would try and make medicine to help them, but most of the time the medicine wouldn't help them, then they would eventually die or a kid would see medicine lying around, thinking it is juice, drink it, then they would get sick, and then they would eventually die. Also, children and adults would fall, from the slow moving wagon and then they would be crushed beneath the heavy wheels.

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The Gold Rush was a popular period of time when over 100,000 people called forty-niners populated the California Territory.  These people populated the California Territory because once they herd gold was found in California on January 24th, 1848 by a man named James Wilson Marshall they wanted some gold for themselves. So everyone started traveling to California to dig for gold and in august of 1849 there was over 4000 people already. In fact the total worth of gold found by miners was $750,000 and the total worth over all was $2 billion.

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Imagine leaving the only home you've ever known to travel for five months and hopefully reach your destination without become extremely sick, getting hurt, or even possibly dying. Many families were faced with these dilemmas when on the Oregon trail, especially children. One challenge many children faced while traveling was the possibility of their parents dying on the way, leaving them stranded and orphaned. They also faced a possibility of sickness or death, especially babies.  On the contrary, some children had fun on the trail, thinking of it as a fun new adventure. Children on the Oregon Trail faced many hardships, but in the end they were rewarded with a much better life.

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On May 12 the Donner party started, the Donner party is a group of westbound emigrants who became trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mt. Pioneers were forced to spend 5 months hike down in makeshift tents and cabins with almost no food. Sometime went by and 20 Donner party wagons broke off and took a back road. The back road or as they called Hastings "Short cut" ended up adding nearly a month of traveling.

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Mountain Men in the 1800's were people that hunted animals and traded for a living. One famous mountain man was John Colter. He was found fighting alongside Crow and Flathead tribesmen. Another famous mountain man was Jedediah Smith. Jedediah was famous for having his ribs smashed and his scalp partially torn off in a bear grizzly bear mauling. James Beckwourth was also a popular mountain man. He joined a band of Crow Indians in the late 1820's. In addition, Joseph Walker was also a well known mountain man. After years of traveling through hazardous territory, only one man was reported dead under his command. The last mountain man that was also the most well known was Kit Carson. Kit Carson led the 1st New Mexico Voulenteer Infantry. Kit died of an aneurysm on May 23, 1868.

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Levi Strauss came to San Francisco at age 28 when it was a small town and not a city. He came to California to make sell wholesale dry goods until he decided to make tents. His brothers had a business in New York. They sent him raw materials to make the tents. After he realized that he should make jeans with metal pieces on the pockets and became rich from selling the jeans that were make for wear and tear.

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After the war with Mexico Texas went from a place that was refuge for runaway slaves to a place that expected people to have slaves. (This becomes important later) In 1848 a simple carpenter named James Marshall discovered a weird yellow rock near the mill that he worked at called gold, -at the time he didn't think it had much value he would later realize his mistakes-. At the news that a strange new valuable rock was found in America people from all over the world came to get rich quick. People from places like China, Mexico, and Britain came looking for the new mineral.

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During the Donner Party someone decided that they should take a short cut that someone told them about but it didn't work out for them and they were stuck for the entire winter almost without any food or water. Once they ran out of food they ate there stock life and family pets. After that they ate sticks ,or leaves ,or anything they could find. Sometime near February some people did eat each other but not everyone.

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while a group of people were on the California trail they decided to take a short cut which was a terrible mistake because most of the people died because of the winter. The cutoff went the opposite way around the great salt lake. Every one in ten people died while on the California trail. lots of Californians tried to save them but either failed or died in the process. There is also a Donner reed museum. Hastings (the leader) wanted to make it easier for people to get to California which is why he took the detour.

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The Donner party is a group of people that set out on the Oregon Trail. They were told that a shortcut would shorten the trip significantly. The path they took was not a shortcut and added extra time to their trip. They ended up being trapped in snowstorms in the Sierra Nevada Mountains for most of the winter and ran out of food. They had to kill their horses and oxen and when they ran out of that they were left with nothing. Eventually they resorted to cannibalism to survive.

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The Oregon Trail was a very interesting part of history and played an important role. Did you know that on the Oregon trail, sometimes people charged $100 for a glass of water? This was because the Oregon trail went through some very warm parts of the country.

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lI learned that the supplies on the oregon trail veried the items that they used were wagons, furniture, stoves, and pianos. 600 lbs of flour were often needed for different reasons some used it for cooking. 60 lbs of cofee was used, as well as 600 lbs of bacon this was the most needed because the people needed food to survive. People also needed many different kinds of supplies for bedding because bedding was often needed for them to stay warm. People also brought school tools such as school books and instruments.

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The Donner Party was a group of people who traveled the Oregon Trail.The majority of the members were children. As they travled they took a route that led them farther away from there destination,because they left so late they got stuck in major snowfall.
They were stuck in the mountains for 5 mounths. Many died and starved, and some even ate others to survive. And the end only 45 walked out alive.

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The Donner party left IL in April 1846 and they traveled on the California trail. It was a group of 90 immigrants led by brothers Jacob and George Donner. They encountered a lot of rough terrain and rough ground. They ended up taking a "short cut" that just added 2 more hours to their trip. Also they left way to late to begin their journey.

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Gold Rush Manifest Destiny-Sean Dore S.S. 8th Hour  

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Gold Rush Manifest Destiny-Sean Dore S.S. 8th Hour  

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After the war with Mexico Texas went from a place that was refuge for runaway slaves to a place that expected people to have slaves. (This becomes important later) In 1848 a simple carpenter named James Marshall discovered a weird yellow rock near the mill that he worked at called gold, -at the time he didn't think it had much value he would later realize his mistakes-. At the news that a strange new valuable rock was found in America people from all over the world came to get rich quick. People from places like China, Mexico, and Britain came looking for the new mineral. Since there were so many people in California the natural resources ran really low so because of this there was constant Native attacks. This lead lead to a lot more bloodshed between the Californian Indian tribes and the settlers, so to stop this California passed a legislature saying that enslaving and kidnapping Indians was LEGAL. In Conclusion because of this and many other things (like the fact that the Natives were forced against their will to fight in the military) between the years of 1849 and 1870 the population of Native Americans in the state dropped by 120,000 people.

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The Donner Party began it's trip from Illinois to California dangerously late in the pioneer season. They had fallen behind by taking an untested short cut and were stopped by the weather. The majority of the 87 people were children. A few pioneers managed to hike to safety. Emigrants engaged in cannibalism in order to survive; however, not all of the emigrants did. Out of the 87 people only 48 survived and made it to California.