USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -The California Trail was in constant use between 1841 and 1869, peaking popularity in 1852. Prior to 1841, minor trails were in use. These began as animal paths, then Indian trails, fur trappers and mountain men routes, and finally an overland passage for the general American public.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Oregon Trail, which stretched for about 2, 000 miles (3, 200 km), flourished as the main means for hundreds of thousands of emigrants to reach the Northwest from the early 1840s through the 1860s. It crossed varied and often difficult terrain that included large territories occupied by Native Americans.