Wagons
This is the kind of wagon families took west and what size it was
What is a farm wagon? What is 4 ft. X 10ft.?
These are the 3 trails people took to go West.
What are the Oregon Trail, California Trail, and Sante Fe Trail?
This is what you should bring if you wanted to protect yourself
What are weapons like guns and knives?
These are things that could happen to your wagon that would cause trouble?
What is a broken wheel, getting stuck in the mud or tipping over in a river?
This is the town in Missouri that people left from or set off from
What was Independence, Missouri?
These are what men were called who drove Connestoga Wagonss
What is a teamster?
This is the type of wagon that was used for hauling freight and this is what they were named after
What is a Connestoga Wagon and what was the Connestoga River Valley?
These are landmarks you would see along the trail
What is Independence and Chimney Rock?
These are food items you should bring
What is flour, sugar, oats, salt, and corn?
These people did not appreciate wagons of pioneers going west and this is what they might do to them
Who were the Indians who might attack the pioneers?
These are some tools and weapons pioneers would bring in their wagon
What are shovels, picks, saws, and what are guns and knives?
This person used to be a mountain man but after the beaver industry changed, he became for the pioneers
Who was Jim Bridger who became a guide for the wagon trains?
This is the color of a farm wagon, the color of the freight wagon, and what the cover of the wagon was called
What is green and red, blue and red and what is a bonnet?
This is how long the trip took to get out West. This is what you were promised by the promoters who wanted pioneers to move out west.
What is about 5 months? What is a promised land where you could pick up gold off the streets and your family and wagon arriving fit and smiling upon a happy scene.
This is what it was called if you had to unload your furniture along the trail and this is why you did that.
What is a "leaver right" and what is a wagon too heavy for the oxen to pull?
These are the kinds of issues pioneers faced with weather. This is the time of year they left in order to avoid bad weather.
What were thunder, lightening, tornadoes, dust storms. What is Springtime?
This is what happened if you couldn't make it all the way to Oregon and this is the kind of home you built.
What is building a sod house on the prairie?
This is the founder of the Mormon church, this is what happened to him and this is who took over after him.
Who was Joesph Smith who was murdered by an angry mob and who was Brigham Young?
This is the kind of animal to use to pull your wagon and this is the best kind of animal to use for this reason
What are oxen, horses, and mules. What are oxen because they can haul heavy loads?
These are things families had to do when they stopped to "camp" the wagon train for the night
What is gather buffalo chips, secure the horses, get food and blankets out of the wagon to get ready for supper and then nighttime?
These are things families would bring to use when they stopped for the night.
What is food, lanterns, blankets, clothing, guns?
This is what would happen if people disagreed along the trail and things they might disagree about. This is what it would be like traveling along the trail.
What is getting in fights? What is wanting to leave earlier or later? What is walking along in the dust?
This is what people wrote daily, why they wrote in it and why this is important to us today. This is the instrument they used to write with.
What is a journal? What is they just wrote a lot about their lives? What is learning history from their lives, and what is a quill or ink pen?
This is a mountain man who got attacked by a grizzly bear. These are 2 things he said he needed.
Who was Jedediah Smith and what is a Bible and a gun?
This is the kind of wood wagons were made from and why. This is what bonnet was attached to and this is how they bent the wood.
What is hickory, ash, or oak wood which is strong? What are hoops and the process for bending them is to get them wet and bend them on a form?
This is what it was called when you stopped for lunch. This is what they called lunchtime in those days... and this is the kind of food you would eat.
What is "nooning", what is dinner and what was cold beans and cornbread?
These are some of the things you should not bring on your trip which took this many months. This is why you should not bring them
What is China plates, eggs, water, lots of toys or clothing, and heavy furniture because there wasn't enough room and it would be too heavy. What was 5 months?
These people went west because of religious persecution from this state following this leader. This is what happened to their leader and this was their new leader.
Who were the mormons who left from New York following Joesph Smith who got murdered? Who was Brigham Young?
When you leave your country and go to a new country you are called this. When you arrive in the new country you are called this.
What is an emigrant and what is an immigrant?
These pioneers were missionaries who went to this area to help this Indian Tribe and this is what happened to them
Who were the Whitmans who went to Washington to help the Cayuse Indians - who murdered them?