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Roll the Wagons
Hopes, Dreams, and a Mess of Provisions
Independence, Missouri
“Load em’ Up!”
“Roll the Wagons”
Prairie Schooners
“Getting There”
“Life on the Trail”
“The Trail”
Prologue - March
Fresh StartFresh Start
Court House Rock
“Wagon Trains and the Oregon Trail”
“Life on the Wagon Train”
Roll the Wagons
Month 1 - April
Trail LifeTrail Life
Chimney Rock and Scott’s Bluff
“Life on the Wagon Train”
Fort Laramie
“Roll the Wagons”
Month 2 - May
River CrossingsRiver Crossings
South Pass
Wagon Wheels
Green River
“Roll the Wagons”
Month #3 - June
In Sickness and in In Sickness and in DeathDeath
“The Cholera Disease”
“Exhaustion on the Trail”
“Entering Mountain Country”
“Roll the Wagons”
Month #4 – July
IndiansIndians“Meeting with Indians”
“In the Words of Native Americans”
“Fear of Native”
“Roll the Wagons”
Month 5 - August
Last LegLast LegColumbia River
Cascade Mountains
“Westward Expansion”
“Fort Hall, the Snake…”
“America’s Era of Expansion”
“Roll the Wagons”
Month 6 - September
Settling InSettling In“Great Falls,… Oregon City”
“End of the Trail”
Month 8 - October
Independence to Chimney Rock
Independence to Chimney Rock
Independence to Chimney Rock
Independence to Chimney Rock
Independence to Chimney Rock
Independence to Chimney Rock
Independence to Chimney Rock
Independence to Chimney Rock
Independence to Chimney Rock
Independence to Chimney Rock
Provisions: Load Your Wagon Advice from Mountain Men
• Don’t risk being short of the essentials– Firewood– Water and grass for the animals– Food
• Don’t start to soon or too late– Too soon
• Grass too short to feed the animals
– Too late• Mountains will be blocked by snow
Reasons to Head West
As the Wind Rocks the Wagon “Life on the Wagon Train”
Chimney Rock
Scott’s Bluff
South Pass
Green River Ferry
The Oregon Trail and the American Dream
Court House Rock
In the World of Native Americans
“Getting There”
“Life on the Trail”
Wagon Wheels
Green River Ferry Crossing
“Meeting the Indians”
“Fear of Natives”
“In the Words of Native Americans”
“The Cholera Disease”
“Exhaustion on the Trail”
“Entering Mountain Country”
“Westward Expansion”
Cascade Mountains
“The End of the Oregon Trail”
“Great Falls, Vancouver, and Oregon City”
“The Oregon Trail”
“Fort Hall, the Snake…”
“The Trail”
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