USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Oregon Trail Main route of US pioneers to the West in the 1840s and 1850s. It ran 3200km (2000mi) from Independence, Missouri, to Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River in Oregon, and crossed the Rocky Mountains via South Pass. The journey took about six months.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The Oregon Trail crossed the Rocky Mountains at the South Pass, where travelers crossed the Continental Divide. This route took them from plains through the mountains. People traveling this route eventually had to route to either California or Oregon.

Detailed explanation-3: -South Pass, located in southwest Wyoming, was the key that opened the door for emigrant wagons and handcarts to cross the Rocky Mountains in the early and mid-1800s. The 20-mile wide, sagebrush-covered saddle topped a gradual incline that appeared more like a prairie than a mountain pass.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Oregon Trail was a roughly 2, 000-mile route from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon, that was used by hundreds of thousands of American pioneers in the mid-1800s to emigrate west. The trail was arduous and snaked through Missouri and present-day Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho and finally into Oregon.

Detailed explanation-5: -These pioneers forged the Oregon Trail, which stretched from Missouri to present-day Oregon. Emigrants traveled primarily by covered wagons. Everything they owned had to fit into their wagon or be left behind. More importantly, the wagons had to hold enough provisions for the entire trip, as supply outposts were rare.