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Published on May 10, 2016
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The last town before the frontier, Independence, Missouri is a place to buy supplies and set out on the journey west. It is near the Kansas river. A bustling town, Independence is the starting point for the Oregon trail, California trail, and Santa fe trail.
Photo by shaire productions
Wide open field for miles around. lots of brush and flowers. easy travel before the real hard stuff. between independence and the Kansas river
Photo by lars hammar
blue river
Photo by Stuck in Customs
the blue river swells and becomes uncrossable for a time. the grandma dies there. she is buried under a tree with only a headstone to mark it.
Photo by Luz Adriana Villa A.
a muddy river with undrinkable water, the Platte river runs through the valley of the Platte. the Platte river is slow moving, but broad. a mile or two away is a prairie dog town.
Photo by Martin Pettitt
fort laramie
one of the forts along the trail, fort laramie is where they celebrate the fourth of July. it's a place to buy supplies along the trail.
Photo by duiceburger
they summit the mountains and cross the continental divide. all the rivers on one side flow to the Atlantic and all the rivers on the other flow to the pacific.
Photo by blmiers2
the forty mile desert
Photo by Waqas Ahmed
the forty mile desert is a barren wasteland that conveniently has a mountain in the middle. when they run out of water the journey gets twice as hard. the palace car gets left behind in the desert. there where other peoples belongings littered along the trail. most of the oxen gave out.
Photo by Retlaw Snellac Photography
they get snowed in for months. their cabins are buried in snow. they eat very little. on Christmas morning patty's mother gives her children a good meal. eventually patty's father comes back and rescues them.
Photo by beamjack
they make it down the mountain and into bear valley. they make it to sutters fort. patty grows old there.
Photo by _Geoff R Baker
