Pioneers

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Pioneers

• Overland Trails

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Lewis Clark
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Zebulon Pike
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Oregon Territory

• First area of settlement
• 4 reasons why
• Lewis and Clark reported on its great resources
• Zebulon Pike reported the prairies were a Great
  American Desert
• California was under Mexican rule and off limits
  to Americans
• Oregon was jointly owned by U.S. and Great Britain

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Biggest Problems

• Breakdowns no spare parts
• Indian attacks after 1867
• Disease Cholera 1 killer
• Unsanitary conditions
• Buffalo chips on fires
• 1-17 people on a train died from Cholera

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Oregon Trail

• 1. The most popular trail until the Gold Rush
  period
• 2. Oregon Trail began at Independence, MO
• 3. Independence marked the beginning of 3 great
  trails
• a. Oregon
• b. California
• c. Santa Fe

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Oregon Trail

• 4. By 1843, Independence had 30 stores, 2 hotels,
  and population of 1600, making it the
• largest town in western Missouri
• 5. The trip to the Oregon Territory took 6 months
  in good weather, 2000 miles in distance

Courthouse at Independence, MO
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Oregon-bound emigrants camped at Ft. Laramie
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