Maps and Early Explorers
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- Created on: 07-02-17 20:25
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- Maps and early explorers
- Trails
- Oregon Trail
- California Trail
- Old Spanish Trail
- Gila River Trail
- Mormon Trail
- Santa Fe Trail
- Trails had been pioneered by explorers and trappers
- West coast of America first had contact with Europe via Russian traders in the late 1700s
- Arrived by sea and traded with the Tlingit Indians
- Explorers and trappers (mountain men) had some knowledge of the routes
- Later became the California and Oregon trails in the 1840s
- In particular, the South Pass- the only possible route through the Rockies- was first discovered by mountain men
- Mountain men came from a variety of backgrounds, but all adopted Native American survival skills
- Many of the mountain men took Native American wives
- Jim Bridger was the first explorer to report the existance of the Great Salt Lake
- West coast of America first had contact with Europe via Russian traders in the late 1700s
- Trails
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