Trailblazing is a word we use these days to describe people who have laid the path for future generations. But between 1811 and 1840, fur traders and trappers physically and literally laid the path of the famous Oregon Trail. The Oregon Trail was only passable by foot and by horseback, but by 1836 the first wagon train was organized from Independence, Missouri, and reached as far as Willamette Valley in Oregon. The trail covered the states of Missouri, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon. But these trails were no hike up a scenic route; it was a trail into the wild unknown for many of these pioneers. Here’s what it was really like the pioneer on the Oregon Trail. #OregonTrail #History #Pioneer Wagons weren't for riding | 0:00 Safety in numbers | 1:47 Three sets of clothes for six months | 2:45 The Oregon trail diet plan | 3:42 Ox or mule | 5:07 A complex relationship | 6:23 Deteriorating relations on the Oregon Trail | 7:49 The nations longest graveyard | 8:54 Kids on the trail | 10:20 A day in the life | 11:39 Are we there yet | 12:36 Read Full Article: https://www.grunge.com/322985/what-was-it-really-like-pioneering-the-oregon-trail/