The oregon trail

We came to this earth to be tested. Yet often times when God us/others with trials we think it is not the result of being tested, but a punishment for sin.

Head West Young Man | That is exactly what many of our ancestors did during the 19th century, left their traditional hometowns along the east coast or the Great Lakes area to travel to a new, mostly uncharted part of the country - the far west. It was a way to start fresh for many individuals and families.#familyhistory #family #history #genealogy #familytree

Первыми, по-настоящему американскими, домами на колесах были фургоны переселенцев, которые стремились на Дальний Запад в поисках свободной земли, сочной травы и сладкой воды. Многим казалось, что здесь все не то, и за горизонтом на новом месте все будет по новому, и чем черт не шутит может и сбудется американская мечта. Был два типа фургонов. Первый - Конестога, часто служит эмблемой всех

Manifest destiny!

A Woman's Perspective of Life on the Oregon Trail - True West Magazine

Spoiler: You might still bring some of these foods on a road trip.

Independence is rich with wonderful museums. We often remember it as the home of President Truman, but before Truman there were pioneers!

In the year 1836, the first wagon train set off from Independence, Missouri, heading west. That wagon train followed the Oregon Trail, a route laid down by fur trappers and traders just 20 years before. This was the first wagon train to set off on the 2,170-mile route. And it was by no means the ...

Your guide to an Oregon Trail road trip—the same one 400,000 pioneers traveled from 1840 to 1880 and then inspired the classic computer game every '90s kid played.

Make Oregon Trail History come alive for kids by making a salt dough map, a covered wagon craft, DIY crackers, and more in this westward expansion lesson.