Trails West Slidebook Padlet by Jaden Cassidy

22kostertj — 2018-02-05 18:40:04 UTC

Shane Darsow

22darsowsw — 2018-02-06 18:00:27 UTC

Mountain Men mostly live in the Rocky Mountains. They live in the wilderness, and they are usually male trappers or explorers.

Westward Expansion

22regalard — 2018-02-06 18:13:12 UTC

Raphael Regala

Westward expansion is the people going west for a better life.There was starvation, diseases, and difficult terrains. In the west you can also make profit by farming, mining, and fur trapping.

22cassidyjb — 2018-02-06 18:21:25 UTC

Jaden Cassidy

22cassidyjb — 2018-02-06 18:23:50 UTC

The Santa Fe Trail was a route that went from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico. It served as a highway until the creation of the railroad to Santa Fe.

The Mormon trail

22regalard — 2018-02-06 18:26:20 UTC

Raphael Regala
Many headed west to get rich, but not the Mormons. They went west to spread Christianity,but they made enemies, because they saw the Mormons practicing polygamy.

22cassidyjb — 2018-02-06 18:30:24 UTC

Jaden Cassidy

22cassidyjb — 2018-02-06 18:31:09 UTC

As people traveled westward, there were many challenges. There was really hot weather in the summer, or freezing weather in the winter. They also had to fight off any sicknesses that came to them,.

22kostertj — 2018-02-06 18:35:06 UTC

https://youtu.be/m4qGnEI2-Wg

22darsowsw — 2018-02-07 16:15:44 UTC

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-williambecknell/

Shane Darsow

22darsowsw — 2018-02-07 16:16:23 UTC

William Becknell was known for being the father of the Santa Fe Trail. He was also a American soldier, and a poltician. Later he was credited for opening the Santa Fe Trail in 1821.

Toby Koster

22kostertj — 2018-02-07 19:01:09 UTC

Hundreds of settlers were migration west on the Oregon trail. Many different carriage were on the trail.