TRAVEL TO THE WEST

THE MOUNTAIN MEN

• Moved to west by fur trade
• Hardships they faced:
• *fur thieves,attacks by Indians, attacks by wild animals
• Accidents and the weather
• Legacies: trading post became supply store and journals

THE MISSIONARIES

• They moved west to teach the secrets of the bible
• Hardships they faced: the group split up .
• Indian culture hard to understand and not many Indians converted
• Legacies they left: open the west to settlement.

THE PIONEER WOMEN

• Moved west to dedicate statue to sacagawea.
• Looking for homesteads,husbands, and new opportunity.
• Hardships they faced: hard journeys (cooking,cleaning, caring kids)
• Legacies they left: brought out new strengths and abilities

THE FORTY-NINERS

• They moved west to search for gold
• Hardships they faced: camps were rough and dangerous
• Very little gold was found.
• Legacies they left: within 1 year California had enough people to become the first state in the far west

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