GO WEST, YOUNG MAN, YOUNG WOMAN

• Why Pioneers went West
  • The reasons
  • What persuaded them
• How They got to Oregon
  • Preparations for the journey
  • Saying good-bye
• What life was like on the Trail
  • Hardships encountered
  • What they did for food
  • How they managed to cross rivers and mountains
• Family Life
  • Living in a wagon
  • Entertainment
  • Children
• Sickness and Death
  • Diseases on the trail
  • Medicines that were used
  • What pioneers did with their dead
• Finally arrived
  • What they found upon their arrival
  • Decisions about where to live

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