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How old you had to be to claim land in Oregon Territory
21 years old
This city was the starting point for people heading west in the Midewest.
What is Independence
The amount of weight that a wagon could carry.
What is 2000-2300 lbs?
This item was considered a crucial religious item to pack.
bible
Drowning was common on these despite efforts to build bridges and ferries later on.
What are River Crossings?
What is called when you float your wagon across the river?
caulk
This food dried meat out and preserved it for weeks at a time.
What is salt.
Packed in large barrels, pioneers hoped they could replenish this along the way.
What is water?
What they burned to make fires when wood wasn't available.
What are buffalo chips?
This was a jumping off spot in Nebraska.
What is Omaha
10
Families would use this item to cook food over the fire.
What is a frying pan.
A dangerous creature found along the trail who's venom is fatal.
Rattlesnake
The name of the Valley at the end of the trail.
Willamette
What resource sat under the rocks in California?
Gold
The nickname of a line of covered wagons.
Wagon Train
What large animal was hunted on the Oregon Trail and is facing extinction today?
Buffalo
Two intestinal diseases that caused many deaths on the Oregon Trail.
What cholera and disentery?
A place along the trail where they could replenish their supplies
What is a trading post?
This mountain range has 90 separate ranges and was the spot the Donner Party got stuck.
Rocky Mountains
The dimensions of a regular wooden box of a wagon bed was
What is four feet wide by 10 feet long (4X10)?
A wooden cylinder item that was kept on the side of the wagon to make butter.
What is a butter churn?
The Homestead Act granted this many acres per adult.
160 acres (if you are within 30 acres, you get the points)