By: Nick Bennett

1. Stops along the way By: Nick Bennett

2. St. Louis, Missouri <>The starting point for the Lewis and Clark journey. <>It was a good place where people always bought supplies <>Without it it would be hard to travel to the west. <>It was a key location on the Mississippi River.

3. Sutters Mill • The place Where the gold was discovered. • It was owned by a Swiss/ German man named John Sutter. • It was located along the Sacramento River • It was located in Sacramento, California.

4. The Alamo • The place where the battle of Texas was fought. • The battle was for the independence of Texas. • several people died during this battle. • It is located in San Antonio, Texas

5. Mexico City • It is located in Mexico • It is a really big city with a population of about 20 million people. • It is one of the wealthiest areas

6. South pass • Most important land mark on the Oregon trail. • Without this place wagon travel across the continent would have been impossible. • Without it Oregon and California probley would not have became part of the United States.

7. Beginning of the Trail of Tears <>It forced removal of about twenty thousand Cherokee Indians <>At least 4,000 Cherokee Indians died on the trail as they were moving through the weather without the proper clothing. <>It started in Charleston, Tennessee and ended in Oklahoma

8. Fort Laramie Fort Laramie in 1876 • It was founded in 1849 when the army purchased the old Fort John and began to build a military post along the Oregon Trail • As tensions between cultures develop Fort Laramie had mounted rifle men out in front of the fort • <>It is located in Goshen County, Wyoming