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| people who leave one country and settle in another |
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| people who are first to settle a place |
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| many people traveling together |
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| illness that causes stomach cramps that killed many pioneers |
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| grandfather of Sarah Winnemucca, lead the Steven-Murphy-Townsend Party |
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| 1st group to cross the Great Basin on the way to California |
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| most popular wagon trail that was 2,100 miles long |
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| left Missouri to California but got stuck in a deadly snowstorm in NV |
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| Thomas "Broken Hand" Fitzpatrick |
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| famous trapper and explorer |
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| Why did people head west? |
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-jobs -gold -farmland -crops -more space
-fewer people -looking for adventure |
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| What problems did people have moving west? |
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-traveling over mountains -no water -animal attacks -sickness -heat/cold(weather)
-food -maps wrong(lost) - unfriendly Indian Tribes - |
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| Know map on page 93 in Nevada book |
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Bartleson-Bidwell Trail
Donner Trail
Death Valley Emigrant Trail
Old Spanish Trail |
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| Which trail was the hardest to cross? |
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