bigk
I am doing a report for school. so please answer these questions.
1. what problems did the pilgrims face after they got to oregon or plymouth?
2. did the oregon trail end in plymouth?
3. how long did it take them to get to oregon?
Answer
"The Oregon Trail (more correctly, the Oregon-California Trail) generally follows the Platte River to its headwaters; and then crosses the mountains. In southern Idaho, the California Trail splits off (until this point, the Oregon Trail and the California Trail are one in the same). The Oregon Trail then follows the Snake River until it reached the Columbia--which flows into the Pacific." I am unsure of why you ask about Plymouth.
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/routewest.html
1. "We had no trouble with the Indians but we did have one awful scare. It was when we were in Utah. All at once our train seemed to be surrounded on all sides by mounted Indians! It was a war party going out to fight another tribe. I do believe there were ten thousand of them and we thought it was the last of us, but when they had seen us all they wanted to, they gave a whoop and a yell and away they clattered!
Of those long weary months I cannot clearly tell. I know it was April when we started and October when we reached the place that was to be our home in Oregon. Sometimes we stopped several days in camp where we found plenty of water and good grazing and while the teams rested and fed up, the men fixed up the wagons and helped the women wash and prepare food for the next drive ahead. Then there were days we toiled over the arid plains till far into the night to reach the life-giving water that was a necessity to us and to our trains. The children of the company walked many many miles....sometimes I think I walked half of the way to Oregon! Some days it was very hard to find fuel enough for our camp fires. Many a time our simple meals were cooked over a fire of buffalo chips and sage brush. The weather did not cause as much trouble. I recall but one real storm. It was on the Platte River in Nebraska. We were in camp on the bank of the river when it came on. The wind blew a hurricane! Thunder roared and lightening flashed! It was a dark as Egypt. The rain poured like it was being emptied from buckets. I will never forget that night! Every tent was blown down. No one was seriously hurt, though a babe was narrowly missed by a falling tent pole. The men chained the wagons together to hold them from being blown into the river. Our camp belongings were blown helter skelter over the country around about and our stock was stampeded 'till it took all the next day to get them rounded up.
But after all, we had but few hardships compared with some of the emigrant trains. Some years, you know, there was Cholera that wiped out entire families and trains that were raided by Indians and too, there were times when the oxen were diseased and died leaving families stranded on the plains. Yes, we were very lucky! "
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cchouk/oregon_trail/crossing/munkers.htm
As told by an eighty year old woman who as a ten year old girl made the trip on The Oregon Trail as many others did.
2. By these maps it appears the Oregon Trail end in Portland OR., or near there. The second trail leading into California ended around Fort Bridger my second link will give more information.
http://encarta.msn.com/media_461517720/oregon_trail.html
http://www.historyglobe.com/ot/otmap1.htm
3. "We: got 30 MPG They: got 5 - 20 MPD (miles per day)"
Using the high of 20 miles per day the about 2,000 mile long trail may have took around three months to arrive but in the Encarta link it states that at times it took nearly six months.
"CROSSING THIS COUNTRY
1843 vs 2000"
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cchouk/oregon_trail/crossing/crossing1.htm
"The Oregon Trail (more correctly, the Oregon-California Trail) generally follows the Platte River to its headwaters; and then crosses the mountains. In southern Idaho, the California Trail splits off (until this point, the Oregon Trail and the California Trail are one in the same). The Oregon Trail then follows the Snake River until it reached the Columbia--which flows into the Pacific." I am unsure of why you ask about Plymouth.
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/routewest.html
1. "We had no trouble with the Indians but we did have one awful scare. It was when we were in Utah. All at once our train seemed to be surrounded on all sides by mounted Indians! It was a war party going out to fight another tribe. I do believe there were ten thousand of them and we thought it was the last of us, but when they had seen us all they wanted to, they gave a whoop and a yell and away they clattered!
Of those long weary months I cannot clearly tell. I know it was April when we started and October when we reached the place that was to be our home in Oregon. Sometimes we stopped several days in camp where we found plenty of water and good grazing and while the teams rested and fed up, the men fixed up the wagons and helped the women wash and prepare food for the next drive ahead. Then there were days we toiled over the arid plains till far into the night to reach the life-giving water that was a necessity to us and to our trains. The children of the company walked many many miles....sometimes I think I walked half of the way to Oregon! Some days it was very hard to find fuel enough for our camp fires. Many a time our simple meals were cooked over a fire of buffalo chips and sage brush. The weather did not cause as much trouble. I recall but one real storm. It was on the Platte River in Nebraska. We were in camp on the bank of the river when it came on. The wind blew a hurricane! Thunder roared and lightening flashed! It was a dark as Egypt. The rain poured like it was being emptied from buckets. I will never forget that night! Every tent was blown down. No one was seriously hurt, though a babe was narrowly missed by a falling tent pole. The men chained the wagons together to hold them from being blown into the river. Our camp belongings were blown helter skelter over the country around about and our stock was stampeded 'till it took all the next day to get them rounded up.
But after all, we had but few hardships compared with some of the emigrant trains. Some years, you know, there was Cholera that wiped out entire families and trains that were raided by Indians and too, there were times when the oxen were diseased and died leaving families stranded on the plains. Yes, we were very lucky! "
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cchouk/oregon_trail/crossing/munkers.htm
As told by an eighty year old woman who as a ten year old girl made the trip on The Oregon Trail as many others did.
2. By these maps it appears the Oregon Trail end in Portland OR., or near there. The second trail leading into California ended around Fort Bridger my second link will give more information.
http://encarta.msn.com/media_461517720/oregon_trail.html
http://www.historyglobe.com/ot/otmap1.htm
3. "We: got 30 MPG They: got 5 - 20 MPD (miles per day)"
Using the high of 20 miles per day the about 2,000 mile long trail may have took around three months to arrive but in the Encarta link it states that at times it took nearly six months.
"CROSSING THIS COUNTRY
1843 vs 2000"
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cchouk/oregon_trail/crossing/crossing1.htm
What kind of info do you expect to find when looking at a blog about observing?
Astro Writ
Answer
Rarely use blogs of any type to begin with. Find them boring frankly. I'm also a seasoned observer (over ten years of eyepiece time), so what I know is rather extensive and what I don't know (which is also rather extensive), I know how to find out on my own, from personal contacts to using search engines.
Having said that, what I would need to know would be:
Regionally based (I happen to live near Portland, Oregon)
Long term weather forecasts. From 2 days to two weeks in advance. For my observing region, that would be Central to Eastern Oregon and Washington.
Light Pollution Levels for a given area
Observing sites - directions, nearby towns, property permissions (as needed), Wi-Fi hot-spots
Seeing conditions
Observing / Camping sites (tent and/or trailer)
Impromptu group observing
Equipment reviews
Techniques
Group meetings and classes
Short term weather and seeing conditions can be derived from the Clear Sky Clock and weather sites like NOAA.
Observing sites are usually by word of mouth by local Club members or from your personal experience.
The rest is usually considered topical.
You might want to look at the Cloudy Nights forums as an example.
Rarely use blogs of any type to begin with. Find them boring frankly. I'm also a seasoned observer (over ten years of eyepiece time), so what I know is rather extensive and what I don't know (which is also rather extensive), I know how to find out on my own, from personal contacts to using search engines.
Having said that, what I would need to know would be:
Regionally based (I happen to live near Portland, Oregon)
Long term weather forecasts. From 2 days to two weeks in advance. For my observing region, that would be Central to Eastern Oregon and Washington.
Light Pollution Levels for a given area
Observing sites - directions, nearby towns, property permissions (as needed), Wi-Fi hot-spots
Seeing conditions
Observing / Camping sites (tent and/or trailer)
Impromptu group observing
Equipment reviews
Techniques
Group meetings and classes
Short term weather and seeing conditions can be derived from the Clear Sky Clock and weather sites like NOAA.
Observing sites are usually by word of mouth by local Club members or from your personal experience.
The rest is usually considered topical.
You might want to look at the Cloudy Nights forums as an example.
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