The Oregon Trail and its many offshoots…

1840 CE to 1851 CE

The Oregon Trail and its many offshoots are used from the early 1830s to 1869 by over three hundred thousand settlers.

The '49ers (in the California Gold Rush), ranchers, farmers, and entrepreneurs and their families head to California, Oregon, and other points in the far west.

Wagon-trains take five or six months on foot; after 1869, the trip will take six days by rail.

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Oregon Country (claimed by (U.S.A. and Britain) View → California Republic View → California Territory View → Oregon, Territory of (U.S.A.) View → California, State of (U.S.A.) View →

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Oregon Trail View → “Manifest Destiny” and American Expansion; 1840-1851 View → California Gold Rush, California, United States View →

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