https://padlet.com/kc166744/qdernfs4v474 And their pros and cons en-us 2018-02-21 16:08:16 UTC 2025-12-23 09:29:07 UTC hello@padlet.com kc166744 https://padlet.com/kc166744/qdernfs4v474/wish/233818084 This is the Usually what comes to mind when you hear westward trails.
It was 6000 miles long and took and average of 6 months to cross. This trail promised unsettled land, open space, fertile soil, and harsh conditions which will kill you in an instant(Or you can starve to death over weeks of agony)  if you're not careful. ]]> 2018-02-21 16:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kc166744/qdernfs4v474/wish/233818084 kc166744 https://padlet.com/kc166744/qdernfs4v474/wish/233820908 This trail, Although shorter that the Oregon Trail by a significant amount, the hot deserts were vary dangerous. Dehydration was almost guaranteed. The attraction to this 869 mile trail was the huge amount that traders in Santa Fe were willing to pay for goods thought to be basic. Unlike the California trail, people actually made lots of money form this!]]> 2018-02-21 16:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kc166744/qdernfs4v474/wish/233820908 kc166744 https://padlet.com/kc166744/qdernfs4v474/wish/234761112 The Mormons were a (new at the time) variant Christians with new practices and philosophy. As with much of history, they were different, so people didn't like them. They didn't like how the Mormons did things, so they attacked them in mobs. The Mormons eventually dediced they would leave the colonized areas and go form a new settlement away from all of the Haters. They took roughly the first 1300 miles of the Oregon trail and made a new  settlement, now Utah.]]> 2018-02-23 16:12:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kc166744/qdernfs4v474/wish/234761112 kc166744 https://padlet.com/kc166744/qdernfs4v474/wish/234767972 Who Doesn't like gold? Nobody, that's who. So its no wonder why thousands of people wanted to take this two- thousand mile journey of six months after hearing of gold in the rivers.  The California trail splits off from the Oregon trail and goes through the sierra mountains. If you didn't make  it through the mountains come the winter, you would either die of starvation of cold. And at the end of the trail, the gold was much more common than other areas. still not very common, though, as the people that made the most money in California at the time were not in fact the prospectors, but the people selling simple, bare necessities of life! So much for striking gold.]]> 2018-02-23 16:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kc166744/qdernfs4v474/wish/234767972