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Thereafter, migration on the Oregon Trail was an annual event, although the practice of traveling in giant convoys of wagons gave way to many smaller bands of one or two-dozen wagons. The trail was heavily traveled until 1884, when the Union Pacific constructed a railway along the route.
Discuss that this was a time before cars and a time where the land in the west was a mystery to the Americans. 4. Explain that the Americans traveled the Oregon Trail to move for a variety of reasons. Development 1. Divide the class into five groups. Give each group a paper explaining a reason for moving west.