Covered Wagon - a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top
Pioneers - people who first settle a region
travel - to go from one place to another
trail - a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country
Independence Missouri - The city where most of the pioneers started their journey
wagon train - a group of covered wagons that travels together for safety
Soda Springs - Located in southeast Idaho where carbonated water bubbles from the ground
Independence Rock - Granite landmark that westward-bound wagon trains usually reached by July
hardships - difficult situations
Hardtack - a hard biscuit made of wheat flour
Prairie Schooner (Wagon Type) - A type of Wagon Used on the Oregon Trail
Levi Strauss - Immigrant from Germany who produced the first denim pants in San Francisco during the
California Gold Rush.
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