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klybbert1 — 2023-09-27 01:06:09 UTC

On the Oregon trail, some women took on leadership roles within wagon trains. They were responsible for organizing daily routines, distributing food and supplies, and making critical decisions in the absence of male leaders. Their experiences contributed to their growing demand for equal rights. Women who had braved the challenges of the frontier often became early advocates for women's suffrage, recognizing their strength and capability.

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2023-09-27 15:39:48 UTC

The Oregon Trail helped move the population westward from the overpopulated East. Also due to free land in Oregon and the possibility of finding gold in California lured them westward. At the same time, eastern churches wanted to teach American Indians of the Oregon Country their European ideas of "civilization." Many simply hoped for a chance to start a new life.

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Emilycloud_Emily_watson — 2023-09-27 15:42:16 UTC

400,000 settlers used the trail.

he trail played a key role in the California Gold Rush.

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2023-09-27 15:43:48 UTC

One of the trail’s most famous pioneers made the crossing by wagon, train, automobile and airplane.

Pioneers left behind graffiti on 'register rocks' along the trail.

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2023-09-27 15:46:43 UTC

travelers that used the 2,000 mile trail could reach willamette valley,pudget sound,utah,and california destinations

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2023-09-27 15:47:26 UTC

The Oregon Trail stretched over 2,170 miles east to west. ...

The Great Migration of 1843.

2023-09-27 15:48:01 UTC

The Oregon Trail was a 2,000 mile overland route that was used by hundreds of thousands of people in the 19th century.

The trail was the main way for people to reach the Northwest from the early 1840s through the 1860s.

The trail was the only route that wagons could use through the Rocky Mountains.

It was also the only route for people to travel west without going all the way around South America.

Djarquin35 — 2023-09-27 15:49:18 UTC

the Oregon trial didn't follow a path, the Oregon trails started in the 1840's

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2023-09-27 15:52:31 UTC

Wagons would travel 10 to 20 miles per day during the mass migration that consisted of 300-400 thousand people during 1840 to 1860. Travelers usually traveled in groups of twenty-five or more wagons with generally one or more people providing leadership
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2023-09-27 15:52:58 UTC

Between 1840 and 1860, 300,000 to 400,000 travelers used the 2,000-mile overland pass to travel to Willamette Valley, Puget Sound, Utah, and California destinations.

The journey took up to six months with the wagons making it around ten to twenty miles per day for travel.

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2023-09-27 15:55:11 UTC

When the use of railroads started in the 1860s, the Oregon trail's popularity died out.

It passed through 6 states. However, it was not 1 continuous trail it included paths, trails, and wagon trails. It followed old Indian trails along the way.

The 2,000-mile trial took 6 months to complete.

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cgonzalez431 — 2023-09-27 15:59:55 UTC

The last wagons crossed in 1880 and even 140 years later wheel ruts are still visible from the original journey made by the pioneers.

Ezra Meeker, at 76, had already made the journey as a young man yet 54 years later, he made the trek by wagon, train, automobile, and airplane.

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2023-09-27 16:03:21 UTC

During the Oregon trail there was a large wagon that "streched" from Missouri to Oregon's Willamette Valley, it was one of the Largest mass migrations in American History.

Oregon Trail

2023-09-27 16:20:34 UTC

The Oregon Trail, blazed by fur traders, held incredible significance in westward expansion and Manifest Destiny. After the 1818 Rush-Bagot Treaty was formed, allowing joint occupancy of the Oregon Territory between Britain and the United States, westward expansion began to take off.

2023-09-27 16:22:47 UTC

The Oregon Trail led 2,200 miles, from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon’s Willamette Valley

“One in 17 never made it."

Oregon Trail

2023-09-27 16:23:27 UTC

The Oregon Trail was a 2,170-mile east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail spanned part of what is now the state of Kansas and nearly all of what are now the states of Nebraska and Wyoming.

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2023-09-27 16:32:40 UTC

There was over 400,000 people that used the Oregon trail.

it was also called The Great Migration of 1843.

Anonymous

2023-09-27 16:33:46 UTC

The covered wagon was the main type of transport.

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2023-09-27 16:34:11 UTC

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hpierce94 — 2023-09-27 16:35:35 UTC

Most Oregon Trail pioneers didn’t settle in Oregon. Only around 80,000 of the estimated 400,000 Oregon Trail emigrants actually ended their journey in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Of the rest, the vast majority splintered off from the main route in either Wyoming or Idaho and took separate trails leading to California and Utah. Also, Historians estimate that as many as 10 percent of settlers who set out on the trail perished before they reached the Williamette Valley.

Anonymous

2023-09-27 16:35:46 UTC

Cholera was a common illness among pioneers traveling the trail, and many died from the disease along the way.

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2023-09-27 16:49:32 UTC

The Oregon Trail is the central feature of one of the largest mass migrations of people in American History. Between 1840 and 1860, from 300,000 to 400,000 travelers used the 2,000 mile overland route to reach Williamette Valley, Puget Sound, Utah, and California destinations.

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2023-09-27 19:30:25 UTC

The Oregon Trail didn't follow a single set path. While most Oregon-bound emigrants traveled a route that passed by landmarks in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon, there was never just one set of wagon ruts leading west. Unlike a modern highway, the Oregon Trail was not a single clear path. In places it was 10 miles (16 kilometers) wide. There were also many shortcuts and side paths. Some people who used the trail were bound for Utah or California, not Oregon.

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2023-09-27 19:32:10 UTC

{Fun Fact 1}The Oregon Trail didn't follow a single set path. While most Oregon-bound emigrants traveled a route that passed by landmarks in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho and Oregon, there was never just one set of wagon ruts leading west.
{Fun Fact 2}Historians estimate that about 300 of the original 2,000 miles (480 of 3,200 km) of the Oregon Trail remain untouched. The rest of it has been lost to time or development—in many places, roads and highways were built directly over the popular route, such as Oregon's stretch of U.S. 26 along the Barlow Road route.

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2023-09-27 20:13:38 UTC

it took pioneers 4-5 months to walk the Oregon Trail

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2023-09-27 20:14:50 UTC

The Oregon Trail stretched over 2,170 miles east to west, but the initial trail could not be used by wagons.

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ivillanueva46 — 2023-09-27 20:16:27 UTC

The Oregon Trail was a major route that people took when migrating to the western part of the United States. Between 1841 and 1869, hundreds of thousands of people traveled westward on the trail. Many of them traveled in large wagon trains using covered wagons to carry their belongings.

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dhernandez70 — 2023-09-27 20:17:24 UTC

The initial trail could not be used by wagons.

One in 17 people never made it across america

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2023-09-27 20:19:49 UTC

the Oregon tail is a trail
road stretching 2170 miles from Missouri to Oregon's Willamette Valley.

The Oregon Trail didn't follow a single set path.

2023-09-27 20:30:40 UTC

Marcus Whitman was a prominent figure in the westward expansion.

2023-09-27 20:32:19 UTC

PLuH

2023-09-27 20:46:25 UTC

people died and were sick in the oregon trail
mostly had low supplies near the end

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2023-09-29 05:38:39 UTC

the Oregon trail traveled from the Missouri river to Oregon

Around 400,000 to 500,00 pioneers embarked on the Oregon trail and there is not an exact number of survivors but it is believed majority of pioneers successfully completed the long journey

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2023-10-01 22:25:27 UTC

what i learned about the Oregon trail is that when they had to cross the river they had to take off the wheels and put the i think oxen in the wagon and float it down the river to make sure all the materials and Supply's make it all the way to the other river

2023-10-02 18:03:59 UTC

400,000+ used the oregon trail

a lot of people died on this trail from diseases

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2023-10-11 16:48:03 UTC

the Oregon trail was over 2000 miles long
people that faced the Oregon trial had to go through harsh weather rough terrain diseases with native american tribes

Cholera and dysentery were common killers on the Oregon Trail.

2023-10-12 16:19:05 UTC

Oregon Trail guidebooks were so unhelpful they became a joke.

2023-10-12 16:19:18 UTC

djohnson741 — 2023-10-12 18:18:57 UTC

Many people used it to reach California during the gold rush of 1849 as it was the safest and most cost-effective trail.
Cholera and Dysentery were some of the most common causes of death on the trail

Oregon Trail

2023-10-21 18:59:14 UTC

The Trail Was About 2,000 Miles Long: The Oregon Trail was approximately 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers) long, stretching from Missouri to Oregon. It was a challenging journey for pioneers seeking a better life in the American West.
It Wasn't Just for Oregon: Despite its name, the Oregon Trail wasn't solely used to reach Oregon. It branched off into several trails, leading to various destinations, including California, Utah, and other western states.

Oregon trail has attracted such interest because it is the largest mass migration of people in America history.

2023-10-28 04:33:42 UTC

The Oregon Trail

2023-11-02 17:36:37 UTC

Cholera and dysentery were the leading cause of death on the trail.
Oregon trail guidebooks were largely seen as innaccurate and were treated as sick jokes.

2023-11-04 17:57:49 UTC

The Oregon Trail was the central feature of one of the largest mass migrations of people in in american history

The Oregon Trail helped move the population westward from the overpopulated east

Oregon trail fun facts

2023-11-16 22:10:29 UTC

The Oregon trail never followed one designated path. and The Oregon Trail was a wagon road stretching 2170 miles from Missouri to Oregon's Willamette Valley.