(Tindall‚ Shi 503). It was the demands of the Oregon Trail that started to test the travelers with new tasks. Women were then starting to do things such as gathering buffalo dung as fuel‚ pitching in help to get wagons out of the mud‚ and etc.‚ mostly things that were very “unladylike” back in the day (Tindall‚ Shi 503). At the end of the trail‚ many of the settlers went about their own ways and started to establish stable communities (Tindall‚ Shi 503). The Oregon Trail played an important part in American
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Oregon Oregon seems like it could be one of the best‚ if not the best state in the entire United States of America. It has a very interesting history‚ many landmarks‚ and plentiful resources. If you want to learn about those interesting parts of Oregon‚ this is the right paper to be reading. Oregon’s rich history begins many‚ many years ago before the separation of the earth’s land masses. Oregon’s modern day history starts in 16th century‚ when Spanish sailors saw the Oregon coastline
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Oregon is a state in the pacific northwestern region of the United States of America. The state is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and the capital city Washington D.C to the south. Among all other states‚ Oregon is one of the three that border the Pacific Ocean and have a coastline on the ocean. The climate of the state is heavily influenced by its proximity to the Pacific Ocean despite the fact that it is in the northern latitude. Statistics indicate that Oregon State is the ninth largest
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Outline Question: What did the pioneers on the Oregon Trail face and what history was made and is still known today? Thesis: The Oregon Trail was not an easy trip. The pioneers faced many problems along the way such as Cholera and dysentery. The Native Americans did not make the trip and easier for them either. Introduction A) Over 300‚000 immigrants attempted to travel the route of the Oregon Trail‚ and only approximately 140‚00 made it to the other side. The trip across the
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Moving to Oregon Thinking back on it now‚ Alaska was an important part of my life‚ having lived there for the majority of the time I’ve been alive. The small town of Eagle River was a great place to live‚ even if it gets very cold in the winter. Since I’ve lived there for so long‚ I learned how to make my way around from Point A to Point B without much hassle and figured out how easily friends can come if you try. Where I lived in a neighborhood that wasn’t too far away from a safeway‚ so I could
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Wines of Oregon Oregon as an American Wine Producing State Oct‚ 31 2012 Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………….2 History of the Oregon Wine Industy……...…………………………………………………....2 Grape Varietals Grown in Oregon……………………………………………..………………4 Types of Wine Produced in Oregon……………………………………………………………4 Viticultural Area of Oregon………..…………………………………………………………..5 Viticultural Practices in Oregon………………………………………………………………..8 Producers within Oregon…………..…………………………………………………………10
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The Legacy of the Oregon Trail The actual journey was not what Jesse Fremont had stated however. The trail was used beginning with the fur-traders and explorers who used it in the early 1820s and ended when the Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869. Most of the travelers were settlers who went through the paths of Independence‚ Missouri ending in Oregon’s Willamette Valley (Tindall‚ Shi 502). They were hoping to find new opportunities in the west and had started the trip with high hopes
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History 110 12/4/2012 My journey to Oregon May 1‚ 1848 It was decided by my husband that our family and two other families would leave Missouri tomorrow to Oregon to find independence and prosper in fur-trade. (Schultz‚ 2012) We have used most of our money to pack the wagon with food and supplies. Later Our first river! At far the Kansas River didn’t seem that bad of a crossing but when we couldn’t afford to pay the ferry we almost lost everything when we crossed the river and the wagon
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The Oregon Trail The author of the book The Oregon Trail is Francis Parkman. Parkman was an American historian. This one of his many books on this topic. Parkman enrolled to Harvard when he was sixteen. When he turned 20‚ he went to Europe to explore and lived in Rome. Theodore Roosevelt even dedicated a book to him. Parkman had great financial stability throughout his life from his book sales and modest lifestyle so he could later have the money to research and travel. He struggled his whole
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Oregon Trail was a route of wagon trains bringing settlers from all over the united sates to the Oregon or California in 1840 to 1860s. It is one of the most important events in the history of the United States. Unlike other trails like Santa Fe Trail‚ most of the pioneers in Oregon Trail were settlers rather than traders. Pioneers usually travelled in family groups rather than individually (The Overland Trail‚ page no. 503). The trail was the only appropriate route to get to the west coast. It
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