736+Pioneers+and+the+Oregon+Trail


 * Group Members**: Ankita Sharma, Alishba Saghir, Erdem Sat, and Sean Abt

//**__Map of the Oregon Trail__**//



====**1)** It was mostly the west for the Pioneers and the Oregon Trail. The Oregon trail was a 2000 mile long wagon trail that lead from Oregon, the west of America, and Independence, Missouri. Since Pioneers were mostly farmers, they moved further west in order to pursue catching more furs for buyers back in Europe, considering that it was in high demand due to the stylable hats that were being worn. Another reason being for this mass migration to Oregon was for richer farm land and soil in the west. The cause of this large migration was the Lewis and Clark expedition.====




 * //This is a primary source of Pioneers and other farmers moving further west in a wagon trail//**


 * 2)** This group experienced conflict with other settlers that covered their land and wouldn't allow them to make a trading route for goods, furs, and other important supplies. There were also herds of buffalos blocking the way of the Oregon Trail. There was a disease which occurred during the time pioneers started to move further west called Cholera. Cholera was a bacterial disease that caused rapid loss of body fluids, which would cause their death in a few hours. At least two-thirds of the people in the wagon trains had also been infected with typhoid and tick fever. Many other emmigrants were troubled from wagon related accidents. Also many of these emmigrants encountered bandits at random points along the trail making it an even harder way to travel west.


 * //This is a primary source document of a wagon accident//**


 * 3)** There were many events that occurred on the Oregon Trail:


 * The route of the Oregon Trail began to be scouted out as early as 1823 by fur traders and explorers. The trail began to be regularly used by fur traders, missionaries, and military expeditions during the 1830s. At the same time, small groups of individuals and the occasional family attempted to follow the trail and some succeeded in arriving at Fort Vancouver in Washington


 * Between 1841 and 1869, the Oregon Trail was used by settlers to the Northwest and West Coast areas of what is now the United States. Once the first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, this trail was no longer used by long-distance travelers.


 * On May 16, 1842 the first organized wagon train on the Oregon Trail set out from Elm Grove, Missouri, with more than 100 pioneers.