The Oregon trail was a trail Route of wagon trains transporting settlers from Independence, Missouri, to the Oregon Country in the 1840s to 1860s. Between those dates, from 300,000 to 400,000 travelers used the 2,000-mile overland route to reach Willamette Valley, Puget Sound, Utah, and California destinations.
The most important item for a successful life on the trail was the covered wagon. It had to be strong enough to resist the elements yet small and light enough for a team of animals or mules to pull day after day.
There were a lot of bad situations that could happen on the Oregon Trail. Some of these things might be robbers, dangerous storms, unfriendly Indians, horrible diseases (such as typhoid fever, measles and snake bites) and violent animals.