Wildcard
How old you had to be to claim land in Oregon Territory
21 years old
This landmark was a rock formation in Nebraska could be seen miles away.
What is Chimney Rock?
The amount of weight that a wagon could carry.
What is 2000-2300 lbs?
Name 3 parts of a covered wagon.
What are the Wheels, canvas wagon cover, tongue, axle, yolk
Most wagons were pulled by these.
What is oxen?
A popular breakfast food on the trail.
What is coffee or bacon
Pioneers would often get this from drinking bad water.
What is Cholera?
What they burned to make fires when wood wasn't available.
What are buffalo chips?
What it's called when the Pioneers would use their wagons to float across
What is caulking their wagon?
Pioneers would keep a record of their journey in this.
What is a journal?
A dangerous dangerous plant along the way that could lead to death.
What is Hemlock
The reason they were heading to Willemette Valley
To get free land (Homestead)
The treacherous river to cross that put the Pioneers into Oregon.
What is the Snake River
The nickname of a covered wagon (Hint: a "boat" that crosses the plains)
Prairie Schooner
An intestinal diseases that caused diarrhea and many deaths on the Oregon Trail.
What is disentary?
A place along the trail where they could replenish their supplies
What is a trading post? Or a Fort
The place where overlanders signed their names.
What is Chimney Rock?
Mostly men rode these when they needed to confront the Native Americans, or herd the cattle.
What is Horses?
A wooden cylinder item that was kept on the side of the wagon to make butter.
What is a butter churn?
Name two different weather conditions the pioneers would face on the trail?
What are hail storms, severe heat, severe wind, thunderstorms, and blizzards