About 300 pounds
It took about 6 months to travel the Oregon trail. It was the same for the trail to California as well.
Weather on the Oregon Trail was brutal most of the time due to either too much heat, too much cold, a blizzard, rain, or another type of storm. These were especially brutal if you had been on the trail for a long time. The journey takes 4-6 months.
It took about $600.00 in their time... So you had to be VERY rich to go on the Oregon Trail.
as little as possible but as much as you can fit in your wogon!
Approx. $15,000
Oxen cost $25.00.
1500.00
food and water were so important on the Oregon trail because there wasn't much food or water. for the first 100 miles, there were a few river, but after that, there were no river and it never rained.
Parts were, parts weren't. Much of the Oregon Trail was nice open grassland with wild grasses that grew 2 to 3 feet tall and were very good feed for the oxen that pulled the wagons.
The Mormon Trail and the Oregon trail followed the same route through much of the Midwest, until the Mormon Trail split off into Utah through Wyoming. No doubt the two groups exchanged help and supplies. It's also likely that some Oregon Trail travelers may have taken a detour through Mormon settlements in Utah to rest, wait out winter weather, or gather supplies.
RAINY! WEIRD ODD BORING GRAY You can obviously see I don't really enjoy Oregon very much:/
Much like the Oregon Trail, they took with them dried beans, flour, salt, pepper, sugar, coffee, bacon and salted meats.