https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d Made with wonder en-us 2017-04-03 14:37:27 UTC 2025-11-15 04:35:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/165702681 2017-04-10 15:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/165702681 https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/165702908 Voices From The Oregon Trail By Kay Winters illustrated by Larry Day.

]]> 2017-04-10 15:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/165702908 https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/165703608 They brought food, tools, clothes, cooking gear, sewing supplies, medicine, bedding, keepsakes, and some furniture.]]> 2017-04-10 15:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/165703608 https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/165704365 They left because they were in search of rich free land that could be profitably farmed.]]> 2017-04-10 15:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/165704365 https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/165705302 The wagons they used were either farm wagons, wagons that they built, or new ones in Independence or St. Joseph.]]> 2017-04-10 15:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/165705302 https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/167865637 From the 1830's to the 1860's thousands of overlanders trekked across the plains.]]> 2017-04-24 15:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/167865637 https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/167866842 Wagon trains handled the matter of funerals and grave sites in various ways.]]> 2017-04-24 15:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/167866842 https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/167869887 The Oregon Trail was the longest overland route used in the westward growth of the United States. ]]> 2017-04-24 15:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/167869887 https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/167871276 Settlers began traveling on the Oregon Trail in 1841. The first large group used the trail in 1843.]]> 2017-04-24 15:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/167871276 https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/167873607 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]]> 2017-04-24 15:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/167873607 https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/167875784 It also cuts into the California Trail]]> 2017-04-24 15:45:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/167875784 https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/169198476 The trail stretched 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers) across prairies, deserts, and mountains.]]> 2017-05-01 15:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/169198476 https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/169200717  It started at the town of Independence, Missouri, and ended at the Willamette Valley of Oregon.]]> 2017-05-01 15:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/169200717 tfowler https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/169201141 http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/oregon_trail.php]]> 2017-05-01 15:31:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/169201141 https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/169201976 The Oregon Trail was a major route that people took when migrating to the western part of the United States]]> 2017-05-01 15:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/169201976 https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/169202760 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.]]> 2017-05-01 15:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/169202760 https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/169203266 Traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1800s was a dangerous journey.]]> 2017-05-01 15:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/169203266 https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/169203724 Most of the settlers used oxen to pull their wagons and other valuables.]]> 2017-05-01 15:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/169203724 https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/169205474 Sometimes these wagons were called "Prairie Schooners".]]> 2017-05-01 15:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tfowler/hvsxzgoeru3d/wish/169205474