MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Oregon Trail was a 2, 170-mile (3, 490 km) east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Oregon Trail was a wagon road stretching 2170 miles from Missouri to Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
Detailed explanation-3: -Between 1840 and 1860, from 300, 000 to 400, 000 travelers used the 2, 000-mile overland route to reach Willamette Valley, Puget Sound, Utah, and California destinations. The journey took up to six months, with wagons making between ten and twenty miles per day of travel.
Detailed explanation-4: -California Trail: The California Trail was a 2, 000-mile journey through arid plains, mountains, and vast deserts from Independence, Missouri to Sacramento, California.
Detailed explanation-5: -Average distance covered in a day was usually fifteen miles, but on a good day twenty could be traveled.