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ch.13. Moving West. Oregon Country, New Mexico, & utah. MR McCaw. 1. MOUNTAIN MAN – a fur trader or trapper who lived in the West prior to regular settlement. 381.6. 2. Mountain men were the first to set up trails through the mountains and map the territory. 3.

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  1. ch.13 Moving West Oregon Country, New Mexico, & utah MR McCaw

  2. 1 MOUNTAIN MAN – a fur trader or trapper who lived in the West prior to regular settlement 381.6

  3. 2 Mountain men were the first to set up trails through the mountains and map the territory

  4. 3 Jedediah Smith – led settlers across the Rockies in present Wyoming

  5. 4 JIM BECKWOURTH – former slave who became a mountain man, discovered a mountain pass into present day northern California

  6. JIM BECKWOURTH MOUNTAIN MAN

  7. 5 OREGON TRAIL – commonly used trail that led from Independence, Missouri to Oregon Territory

  8. OREGON TRAIL – THE WAY WEST

  9. OREGON TRAIL – THE WAY WEST

  10. OREGON TRAIL

  11. 6 People went west to Oregon for cheap land in an area that was reportedly very rich for crops

  12. OREGON TRAIL RUTS - WYOMING

  13. 7 SANTA FE TRAIL – a trail which lead from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico Moved people and goods over a 800 mile route 392.2

  14. 8 WAGON TRAINS – groups of travelers on the trail who cooperate, makes it less dangerous, set up leaders and rules

  15. 9 MORMONS – members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints 398.4

  16. 10 The Mormons moved west because of continued difficulties with members of other religions – they had moved from Illinois because of problems

  17. THE MORMON TRAIL

  18. THE MORMON TRAIL

  19. 11 BRIGHAM YOUNG- leader of the Mormons that led them west to start a new settlement

  20. BRIGHAM YOUNG LEADER OF THE MORMONS

  21. 12 The Mormons eventually settle in Utah Create Salt Lake City

  22. THE END

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