Where can I find a timeline for the oregon trail?

Where can I find an oregon trail timeline?

  • i need a good one. best answer-10points goes to person with best link.

  • Answer:

    The links below, under sources, shall give you a start to your project. Here is a quote from the NPS link below: "The Oregon Trail was the major route for immigrants traveling from the settlements on the edge of the eastern United States to the promised land of Oregon. It extended 2170 miles from its eastern departure points of St. Joseph, Westport, and Independence, Missouri, to its final destination in the Willamette Valley of present day Oregon. Much of its eastern segment followed the valleys of the Platte and North Platte Rivers. Some immigrants were bound for California instead of Oregon. They turned Southward from the Oregon Trail in what is now eastern Idaho and followed the California Trail through the Great Basin and across the Sierra Nevada into California. More than 350,000 people made the trek westward between 1841 and 1867. Their numbers swelled from a trickle in 1841 to almost 50,000 in 1852. They endured rugged country, searing heat, violent prairie storms, accidents, and the ravages of cholera. Their reward was the fertile farming country, the rich forests, and the mild climate of the fabled Oregon country. After gold was discovered in California in 1848, gold-seekers joined the westward bound pioneers. They left the Oregon Trail and followed the California Trail on to the gold fields. After 1847, Mormon pioneers also joined the throng, headed not for Oregon or California, but for their settlement near the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The Mormon Trail began at Omaha or Council Bluffs, and followed the North side of the Platte and North Platte Rivers until it passed Fort Laramie. There it crossed the river and joined the Oregon Trail for some distance before veering South into the Great Basin of Utah." (http://www.nps.gov/archive/fola/oregon.htm)

AMG at Yahoo! Answers Visit the source

Was this solution helpful to you?

Find solution

For every problem there is a solution! Proved by Solucija.

  • Got an issue and looking for advice?

  • Ask Solucija to search every corner of the Web for help.

  • Get workable solutions and helpful tips in a moment.

Just ask Solucija about an issue you face and immediately get a list of ready solutions, answers and tips from other Internet users. We always provide the most suitable and complete answer to your question at the top, along with a few good alternatives below.