The Oregon trail!

3rd Grade Travel Books

what was the oregon trail?

between 1840-1870 400,00 people traveled on the Oregon trail

-the Oregon trail was 2,000 miles (3,219 kilometers) long!

Caption: people traveling on the Oregon trail

-in 1849, gold was discovered in California! wow...

Traveling by wagon, people could complete the 2,000 mile trail in 6 months

Caption: what winter looked like on the Oregon trail

From 1850-1870 the U.S army and Indigenous people fought in a series of wars

-indigenous people were really nice, but when more white settlers came in...

Caption: indigenous people on the Oregon trail letting some people stay for the night

"Oregon Trail." PebbleGo, Capstone, 5 May 2023, www.pebblego.com.

In 1869 a coast-to-coast railroad crossed the united states, the railroad made a steady decline on the trail

-by the 1880s no one was traveling on the Oregon trail

caption: a train traveling on a railroad that was made on the Oregon trail

Travelers had to pay about $800-$1,200 dollars ($27,000-$40,500 dollars in current time.) To get food, tools, and more

-people on the Oregon trail traveled in sizzling heat, freezing blizzards, and blinding dust storms!

Caption: what a wagon might of looked like on the Oregon trail

kilometers: {KILL-o-mit-ers] a certain measurement (like miles)

indigenous [in-dig-e-nus] people who have lived in an area for a long period of time

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