The Oregon Trail

In the year of 1830, a noted fur trader named William Sublette led the first wagons along a trail to the Rocky Mountains. For the next few decades, many emigrants to the west traveled this same trail, which came to be called The Oregon Trail. It was called White-Topped Wagon Road by the Native Americans. It was also called The Mormon Trail, The Platte Trail, and The California Trail because people traveled it seeking gold in …

…at their destination, they were all extremely satisfied with the results of their difficult journey. I think the Oregon Trail had a great impact on the development of Kansas because, since most of it’s beginnings are in Kansas, it brought many people to the state of Kansas. Therefore, it made the land of Kansas more traveled and some people may have decided to stay in Kansas instead of making the lengthy, tedious journey west.