We are just beginning our Westward Expansion unit! We know the pioneers were traveling in hopes of cheap and fertile land in Oregon!
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I like the pioneers. I know from the book that they have to sell farms and homes to get the money for the ride. And sometimes they throw stuff on the side of the rode when they pack to much. They are cool to me. by Abigail
ReplyDeleteThe pioneers had to travel 2,000 miles west and it took five to six months. Oxen were the best animals for the job. Before they left they had to sell there houses or farms. I wonder how they pick a caption for there group?
ReplyDeletein 1843, the first pioneer family set off on their journey. Their trip took 5-6 months. In order to embark on this dangerous journey, the pioneers must sell everything they own, to get the money that they needed for the trip. Before they went, they promised to help others, if in need. The reason they had done this was for many reasons, such as: they wanted adventure, they needed to for religious reasons, or they wanted to live a better life. They couldn't just get any old mule or horse to pull the wagon, they had to have strong ones. Oxen were the best for pulling wagons. It is important to leave in the start of spring, because the grass is fresh for the animals to eat. Also because if it is winter, they would die because of harsh snowstorms. This was made by Clarisse Heghinian
ReplyDeleteI learned the pioneers traveled west to Oregon for multiple reasons such as better life, better crops, and better homes. It took 5-6 months to get there. People had to leave behind grandparents and old relatives. Many died on this dangerous journey, at least 1 out of 6 died. Some had to pay fees to go on safer trails.
ReplyDeleteIt took the piernies 20000 miles to get to Organ.IT took five or six mouths
ReplyDeleteto get there.People used Oxen were the best for pulling the wagon .The others used mule and horses .Many of them died.They died by rattlesnakes,Disease and also drowned They had a lot of stops.
The pioners set off on their journey in 1840. It took 5 to 6 months to get to their destanation. Some people would die as they attemped to cross rivers. They traveled 2,000 miles west.Many pioners died of rattle snake bites and diseases. I the journey took 20 years. Only elders or pregnant woman rode in the wagon everyone else walked due to the bumpy rodes.
ReplyDeleteIf the pioneers have 6 people one of them would die. It took 20 whole years for the pioneers to get to Oregon. The Indians had the land first but the Americans stole it so the Indians fought back but did not kill that many people.
ReplyDeleteThe First people to go out and embark to the bumpy road of the Oregon Trail was in 1840. It’s took five or six months to travel to their destination. There were at least half a million people that went on the Oregon Trail. It took 20,000 miles to go to the Destination and every day people walk 2-4 miles a day. There are things to not get lost called trains but they’re not like trains that have a track the trains with carriages and it took 10 and more to create a train this is how you keep from not staying lost with your group. Some people died of diseases or snakebites or even drowning. When you go over water on the Oregon Trail you have to turn your carriage into a boat.
ReplyDeleteThe pioneers were very excited to go to the oregeon country. The pioneers came back with a beautiful tale to share.Today we can travel easly but the pioneers took 2 hours packing then about 3 months on the trip!They wanted to leave by april or may because you could freeze to death in the winter.The strongest animal to pull a wagon was a ox.
ReplyDeleteThe pioneers set on the trail in the 1840 and ended in 1860. It took the pioneers had to sell there houses to leave. The best animal to pull the wagons. On the trip they had to put out stuff.
ReplyDeleteThe wagons only had 6 people an one form each group died. They went on the trail in 1840 and it took 5 to 6 months to get there. Some people used horses but oxen were there. They had to sell there houses or farms to get money to buy oxen or horses.
ReplyDeleteThe wagons only had 6 people an one form each group died. They went on the trail in 1840 and it took 5 to 6 months to get there. Some people used horses but oxen were there. They had to sell there houses or farms to get money to buy oxen or horses.
ReplyDeleteThe wagons had 6 people 1 person died. evry body helped everybody had chores even the kids!!! babys were born on the trip. some people used horses and mules but some people prafer oxen. 5 to 6 moths was that journey and many people died half a millon went on the trip.
ReplyDelete1 sixth of the people moving died. The western expansion was a way to get a new life in the orogen county. This was native land. The pioneer kicked them out.
ReplyDeleteSome people used horses or mules but oxen were the best animals to pull the wagon. The wagons had six people and one of them died. The trip was five months long. Everybody did chores.
ReplyDeleteIn the evening people would sit around the fire and tell stories.
Mostly they ate bacon, pankackes and drank coffee.
I know that many baby’s were born on the trail.
ReplyDeleteThe children had to pick up buffalo chips and burn them. Many people on the trail died be of biseases from the water.
The pioneers were amazing people. A few facts about them is they rarely rode in the waggins. Another fact is that there were a LOT of babies born on the trail. One more fact is that many people died on the trail of accidents like falling of a waggin of getting bit by a snake or they died from diseases like cholera or dysentery. I look forward to learning about the pionniers. I wonder if they were people that got killed by animals.
ReplyDeleteWhen they would stop for the night it would be cold so the kid did not play they picked up animal chips and when they crossed rivers i lot of people would die
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