https://padlet.com/om188706/ornaspadlet2 Padlet on the Trails that had led settlers West from the United States then. en-us 2018-02-15 01:59:19 UTC 2020-11-24 01:33:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pictureland.png om188706 https://padlet.com/om188706/ornaspadlet2/wish/231770604 The Oregon Trail is the Green Trail.
The length of the Oregon Trail was around 2,000 miles long.
The time that had been taken in order to travel this route was usually 3-6 months.

]]> 2018-02-15 02:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/om188706/ornaspadlet2/wish/231770604 om188706 https://padlet.com/om188706/ornaspadlet2/wish/231776481 The original motivations of the discoverer of the route, Marcus Whitman was to convert the Native Americans living along the frontier to Christianity, but during the time of the Great Emigration of 1843, it had changed to assisting the white settlers on moving to the frontier, who wanted to develop new lives along the frontier.
Dangers on the Oregon Trail:
Diseases (smallpox, flu, etc.)
Accidents (exhaustion, inexperience, carelessness)
Water crossings
Misaimed gunshots
Shortages of food, supplies, and water.


]]> 2018-02-15 03:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/om188706/ornaspadlet2/wish/231776481 om188706 https://padlet.com/om188706/ornaspadlet2/wish/231777456 The color of the Mormon Trail on this map is Orange.
The length of the Mormon Trail, in total, was 1,300 miles.
The time that it took to travel the Mormon trail was 8 months (not counting the Winter Quarters Rest).
The motives of the Mormons while traveling the Mormon trail was to become free of the religious persecution they had faced in their previous settlements.
The dangers of traveling the Mormon trail were diseases, stress, accidents, privacy and landforms.

1846 Trek: Here
1847 Trek: Here]]> 2018-02-15 03:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/om188706/ornaspadlet2/wish/231777456 om188706 https://padlet.com/om188706/ornaspadlet2/wish/231781162 On this map, the color of the Santa Fe trail is Red.
The length of the Santa Fe trail was between 800-900 miles.
The time that had been taken to travel the trail was around 8 weeks.
The motivation for going on the Santa Fe trail was gaining a huge profit (Becknell got 1500%) from trading with Mexican traders.
The dangers of traveling the Santa Fe trail were:
Santa Fe route trespassing on Native American territory.
 Mechanical Hazards
Disease
Starvation
Dehydration
Potential for Violent Encounters]]> 2018-02-15 03:51:33 UTC https://padlet.com/om188706/ornaspadlet2/wish/231781162 om188706 https://padlet.com/om188706/ornaspadlet2/wish/231781178 The California Trail, since it had started out as part of the Oregon Trail, had been Green until the settlers of the California Trail break off the Oregon Trail for California, and on this map is Purple.
The length of the California Trail was around 2,000 miles.
The time that had been taken to travel the trail was  four to six months.
The motivations of settlers for traveling the California Trail was so that American merchants could get a passive trading ground with Mexican merchants who they traded with. 
The dangers of traveling the California Trail were disease, fights with Native Americans, landforms, and the other dangers that were also listed in the Oregon Trail. ]]> 2018-02-15 03:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/om188706/ornaspadlet2/wish/231781178