e Pack Your Vehicle Today After you've done the Pack Your Wagon Activity, consider how you might do things differently today. If you and your friends, or family, plan a trip of two weeks or more in a car, how might these choices affect what you take along? Will you be camping each night, or staying in a hotel or in a home? How does this affect what you take along? a Will you be eating in restaurants or take your own meals? What do you need to take along for these choices? What do you know about where you are going? If you don't know anything, are you more likely to find out by researching or by asking others for their advice? How do you find the best parol If someone tries to sell or give you something to take along on your trip, what is most likely to make you decide to take it along? | National Historie Oregan Trail Interpretive Center | 541-523-1843 |oregontrall.blm.gov i et eeTravel Itinerary Location Tativities at each location | Wiles fomstart | “independence, Missouri | Meet members of wagon party, ° buy supplies Blue River Crossing shallow Ford oF Float (Circle one) 5 |New Santa Fe, Missouri Supplies 20 [FRafisas River Crossing 4 ft. deep | Ford or Float OR Ferry: $4 100 St. Mary's Mission | Trade with Sioux and Kansa 122 | indians Red Vermillion River Crossing Toll: $1 132, Alcove Springs Forage cat a7 Big Blue River Crossing 3 ft. Ford or Float 178 deep 2 Fort Kearny, Blacksmith, Medicine, supplies 308, [0 Follon’s Blut Weather Card at 5. Platte River Crossing Shallow Ford or Float 478 a ‘Ash Hollow ‘Campsite, trade with other 493 wagons, forage Chimney Rock ‘Trade with Potawatomi and Ute 564 Indians Robidoux Pass Trading Post Supplies 550 Laramie River Crossing 3-4 ft. Ford or Float OR Ferry: $4 639 deep Fort John Trade with other wagons, 640 Blacksmith North Platte River Crossing. Toll: $3, 753 | Independence Rock _| Trade with Palute and Shawnee 796 | Indians ‘Sweetwater River Crossing 2 ft. | Ford or Float 35 deep | | Pacific Springs Campsite, forage 901 Dry Sandy Weather Card 912) Green River Crossing Toll: $5 958 Ford Bridger Supplies 1010 ‘Smith's Trading Post Trade with everyone 1104 Fort Hall Blacksmith, trade with other 1228 wagons Rock Creek Crossing 2 ft. deep Ford or Float 1345 Kanka Rapids Trade with all Indians 1363 Upper SaimoniFalls Weather Card 1373 Snake River Crossing 3-6 ft. Ford or Float 1404 deep | Fort Boise Supplies 1565 ‘Malheur River Crossing 2 ft. Ford or Float 1580 deep“Grande Ronde River Grossing 6 Ford or Foat 1689 ae ft. deep Fort Wala Wail Supplies, trade with Umatila, Fury Bannock, Sioux indians ‘McDonald Ford - John Oay Ford or Float i878 “River Shatiow Deschutes River 4 f. deep Ford or Float 3907 The Dalles ‘Weather card 1924 [Fort Vancouver Trade with everyone. supplies 2003 ‘Oregon Cy You made it 202500% tenn a8 WASHINGTON WYOMING a THE OREGON TRALL LEGEND OF TRAILS AD ORESON TAA o— sera a oe a PREGA TAAL ie ouThen and Now The Oregon Trail pioneers had to deal with very different circumstances than modern day travelers. Which of the following do you think makes a big difference in planning a big venture such as a trip? Put an X by the ones you think are a big difference, and an O by the ones your think are not so different. Make a note of what travelers today do differently that makes it easier ‘or more difficult than the Oregon Trail pioneers. __There were not good ways to preserve or refrigerate food, and few places to purchase food, so pioneers had to carry food that wouldn't spoil and always think about the next meal. Why is this different today? __If the mules of oxen got injured or don’t have enough to eat, the pioneers would have to stop and would be stranded. What would you do if you are stranded while traveling? __There were not many doctors or medical services along the Oregon Trail, so if a pioneer or a member of their family got sick or injured, they would have to take care of it themselves. What happens if you get sick while away from home? | __The pioneers were a long way from anywhere, and about the only way to communicate long distances was to ask others to take a message back to the nearest fort, to the next wagon train, or to a town back east. How do we communicate long distances today? __The pioneers’ clothing, tools and wagons were mostly handmade and could be very expensive. If something was lost or damaged, it might be difficult to replace. How do we repair items that are lost or broken now? National Historic Oregan Trail interpretive Center | 541-523-1843 |oregontrall.bim.govHour, e@ Name | Oregon Trail Reflection Using any notes from and your experience during the simulation, write a detailed 2 paragraph response on the journey and whether or not you would want to make it. Make sure to include in your response challenges you and your group faced, sacrifices your party made to overcome them, and, knowing what you know now, if you would make the journey at all |