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: -The length of the wagon trail from the Missouri River to Willamette Valley was about 2, 000 miles (3, 200 km). It normally took four to six months to traverse the length of the Oregon Trail with wagons pulled by oxen.

Detailed explanation-3: -How long did it take to go from St Louis to California by wagon train? The wagon train would travel at around two miles an hour. This enabled the emigrants to average ten miles a day. With good weather the 2, 000 mile journey from Missouri to California and Oregon would take about five months.

Detailed explanation-4: -Travel by wagon train occurred primarily between the 1840s–1880s, diminishing after completion of the first transcontinental railroad. Some remnants of wagon ruts along the well-travelled trails are still visible today.

Detailed explanation-5: -Perhaps some 300, 000 to 400, 000 people used it during its heyday from the mid-1840s to the late 1860s, and possibly a half million traversed it overall, covering an average of 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) per day; most completed their journeys in four to five months.