The Oregon Trail By: Brody

Wow! Looking back pioneers must of had a difficult life living on the Oregon Trail. Zoom! Now these days we have trains and airplanes to travel were we want to go. In the 1800’s you had to walk. Imagine your feet blistering, and walking for miles in the scorching sun. If you want to learn more information about pioneers traveling on the Oregon Trail, I suggest reading the rest of the writing.

Pioneers filled there wagons with lots of supplies. For a family of four, it would take around one thousand pounds of food. Oxen and mules usually poled the wagons. Pioneers mostly brought bacon, flour, sugar, and coffee for food. They also brought tents, pillows, clothing, and blankets.

It was a long process traveling to Oregon Country. The trip took about six months. The full trail was two thousand miles long. They walked close to sixteen miles a day. Pioneers started there trip in Independence, Missouri. Over fifty thousand pioneers used the trail between 1841 to 1860. The first large group of pioneers was about five hundred. They called this the “Great Migration of 1843”.

As you can see, the Oregon trail was a hard and difficult time. Many people lost their life trying to better their families. Imagine that you and your family died trying to get to Oregon Country. Would you risk your life trying to travel on the Oregon trail?