Hello students! Today we will be starting our new project about the Oregon Trail!
You are a pioneer who is about to take a journey on the Oregon Trail. You are currently living in Missouri and have heard about travelers who have started to move west towards Oregon country. You have heard from people in your town that new land has been discovered west of where you are living in a new place called Oregon. You decide to pack up your most important and essential belongings and join a wagon train that will be heading to Oregon tomorrow. There has been word that the trail may get dangerous and not everyone will make it there. However, you are curious about all you have heard and want to explore and find a new home.
From now until you reach the end of the trail you will take on a new role as a pioneer on the Oregon Trail. Below is a list of people who once traveled the trail. Each of you will have the chance to pick one of the following people and you will take their identity as you travel in your Wagon Trains to Oregon over a period of four months!
Wagon Train #1:
Name: Dr. Albert Smith
Family: daughter, 10 and wife 30
Work: doctor
Animals: 2 oxen, 2 horses
Name: Mrs. Darla Black
Family: son, 16; daughter, 13; husband, 35
Work: farmer
Animals: 4 oxen, 4 cows, 2 mules
Name: Mr. Roger Eller
Family: daughter, 8; son, 3; wife; 25
Work: farmer
Animals: 2 oxen, 5 cows, 1 horse
Name: Mrs. Abigail Adams
Family: son, 6; daughter, 2; husband; 26
Work: blacksmith
Animals: 2 oxen, 2 horses, 1 cow
Name: Pat Richards
Family: none
Work: lawyer
Animals: 2 oxen, 2 horses
Wagon Train #2:
Name: Mr. Allen Long
Family: wife, 21
Work: farmer
Animals: 2 mules, 2 oxen, 2 cows
Name: Mrs. Patricia Cox
Family: son, 10; husband, 30
Work: farmer
Animals: 2 horses, 3 cows
Name: Sam Fleming
Family: none
Work: storekeeper
Animals: 2 mules, 2 goats
Name: Mrs. Mary Dodge
Family: son, 7; daughter 6; husband, 26
Work: farmer
Animals: 2 oxen, 3 cows, 1 dog
Name: Mrs. Caroline Colloni
Family: son, 11; son, 9; expecting in 4 months; husband; 31
Work: blacksmith
Animals: 2 oxen, 1 horse, 8 chickens
Wagon Train #3:
Name: Mr. Sam Conrad
Family: daughter, 6; son, 4; grandmother, 77; wife; 26
Work: farmer
Animals: 2 oxen, 4 cows, 1 horse, 2 goats
Name: Mrs. Lila Wright
Family: daughter, 3; son, 1; husband; 23
Work: farmer
Animals: 2 oxen, 2 mules, 1 horse
Name: Nate Page
Family: son, 15
Work: blacksmith
Animals: 2 oxen, 2 mules, 1 horse
Name: Mrs. Jane Bryant
Family: son, 12; daughter, 6; daughter, 2; husband 34
Work: farmer
Animals: 3 oxen, 6 cows
Name: Mr. Walter Sanders
Family: daughter, 14; son, 6; daughter, 3; wife, 36
Work: farmer
Animals: 3 oxen, 3 goats
Wagon Train #4
Name: Dr. Dan Cotton
Family: daughter, 12; wife, 34
Work: doctor
Animals: 2 oxen, 3 horses
Name: Juan Hernandez
Family: none
Work: farmer
Animals: 2 oxen, 1 horse, 3 cows
Name: Mrs. Laura Rise
Family: daughter, 3 months; husband, 22
Work: minister
Animals: 4 mules
Name: Mrs. Danielle Grant
Family: son, 15; son, 13; daughter, 4; husband; 40
Work: farmer
Animals: 2 oxen, 3 cows
Name: Clarence Jones
Family: none
Work: retired army soldier
Animals: 2 mules, 2 cows
Wagon Train #5
Name: Mrs. Tanya Butler
Family: son, 6; daughter, 1; husband; 29
Work: farmer
Animals: 2 oxen, 2 goats, 3 cows, 2 mules
Name: Mr. Larry Morris
Family: daughter, 13; husband, 33
Work: blacksmith
Animals: 3 oxen, 1 horse
Name: Tony Wilson
Family: none
Work: teacher
Animals: 2 oxen, 6 cows
Name: Mrs. Claire Ives
Family: son, 20; son, 18; husband, 45
Work: cabinet maker
Animals: 2 oxen, 2 horses
Name: Mrs. Roberta Conners
Family: son, 17; son, 12; daughter, 3; expecting in 4 months
Work: farmer
Animals: 3 oxen, 1 horse, 1 goat