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LESSON 3 - CH. 13

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WAGON TRAIN TRAVELERS LEFT IN THESE GROUPS IN THE SPRING TO GET ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE WINTER SNOWS BLOCKED THE PASSES
OREGON TRAIL MORE THAN 300,00 TRAVELERS TOOK THIS TO THE OREGON TERRITORY
SANTE FE TRAIL CROSSED NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA BEFORE FOLLOWING AN OLD SPANISH ROAD TO LOS ANGELES
MARCUS WHITMAN MISSIONARY WHO SET OUT IN 1836 AND TRAVELED FOR 6 MONTHS. HE AND HIS WIFE SET UP A RESTING PLACE FOR TRAVELERS IN THE OREGON TERRITORY
BRIGHAM YOUNG LED THE MORMON TRAVELERS ACROSS THE OREGON TRAIL SOUTH TO THE GREAT SALT LAKE
MOUNTAIN MEN FUR TRAPPERS WHO LIVED IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS
JIM BRIDGER A MOUNTAIN MAN WHO ESTABLISED A REST STOP ALONG THE MORMON TRAIL AND CALIFORNIA TRAIL
FORT BRIDGER A REST STOP THAT WAS ALSO A PLACE FOR TRADING GOODS AND REPAIRING WAGONS
JAMES BECKWOURTH RUNAWAY SLAVE WHO WAS HIRED AS A TRADER BY THE AMERICAN FUR COMPANY. HE GOT ALONG SO WELL WITH THE INDIANS THAT HE WAS MADE A CHEIF OF THE CROW PEOPLE
CHIMNEY ROCK FAMOUS ROCK FORMATION THE PIONEERS LOOKED FOR. IT MARKED THE SPOT WHERE SUPPLIES USUALLY BEGAN TO RUN LOW. OFTEN THE OXEN PULLING THE WAGONS WERE VERY WEAK AT THIS POINT, SO PIONEEERS WOULD TOSS OUT HEAVY POSSESSIONS AT CHIMNEY ROCK TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD.
SUTTER'S MILL GOLD WAS FIRST DISCOVERED HERE
GOLD RUSH THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE SEEKING A FORTUNE IN THE CALIFORNIA GOLD MINES.
FORTY-NINERS FORTUNE HUNTERS WHO REACHED CALIFORNIA IN 1849
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