10 Eye Opening Details about Life on the Oregon Trail

In the year 1836, the first wagon train set off from Independence, Missouri, heading west. That wagon train followed the Oregon Trail, a route laid down by fur trappers and traders just 20 years before. This was the first wagon train to set off on the 2,170 mile route. And it was by no means the last. In fact, for the next three or four decades, thousands of people followed suit. If they didn’t have a wagon of their own, they paid to join a train. Some even walked or travelled on horseback, whatever would get them to the north-western United States.

Most pioneers completed the journey in between four and six months. Along the way, they would experience some euphoric highs as they passed through some of the most jaw-dropping scenery in all of North America. They would also grow as people, forging bonds with their fellow pioneers that would last a lifetime and even writing their names into American history. But many would also endure crushing lows. This was no easy journey. It was fraught with many and varied dangers. And, while the pioneers knew a bit about what to expect before they set off from Missouri, there were some things only those on the Oregon Trail could learn first-hand.

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