The oregon trail was one of the best routes to take west through the trails. Used wagons to pull their supplies. Without these trails they wouldnt have ended up in the western area. The oregon trail( westward expansion ) was founded by fur trader and exploers. Settlers started to follow it in the eraly 1840's. 12000 people made the journey west in a decade of time. White missonaries were the first to travel on this trail. Wagon trail took 6 months and was of winding and deserts for 2000 miles. Of the deaths accross, 4 percent were killed by indians . Of coarse there wasnt much food or water due to desert condition.
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