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Be Prepared!!!
Grab a packetToday we will. . .
• Discuss Fur Trapping in the West• Understand the origin of
Mountain Men• Begin talking about the Oregon
Trail
Chapter 13 Section 1Vocabulary
(Pgs. 380-384)
Oregon County –
Mountain Man –
Rugged Individualist –
Rendezvous –
Oregon Trail –
HOMEWORK
Chapter 13 – Westward ExpansionFur Trappers in the Far West
Kind of looks like an 8th grade social studies teacher we all
know, doesn’t it?
1. At first only a handful of E_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ or
A_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ traveled to Oregon Country
and most were F_ _ Traders. Furs could
be sold for huge profits in C_ _ _ _, so
merchants from N_ _ E_ _ _ _ _ _ stopped
along the
O_ _ _ _ _ coast before crossing the
P_ _ _ _ _ _.
Europeans
Americans
Fur
China
New England
Oregon
Pacific
2. Very few T_ _ _ _ _ _ _ settled in Oregon. Known
as
M_ _ _ _ _ _ _ M_ _, they hiked through the region’s
F_ _ _ _ _ _, trapping animals and living off the L_ _
_.
3. Mountain men were known as,
R_ _ _ _ _ I_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, people who follow
their own I_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ course in life.
Trappers
Mountain Man
Forests Land
Rugged Individualists
Independent
4. On the bottom is a traditional New Englander and on the top is a mountain man from out west. List 4 differences in their appearance:
A.
B.
C.
D.
5. Why do you think there is such a drastic difference in appearance between these two men?
A.Facial HairB.CoatsC.Belt/TieD.Hat
6. They led D_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ lives because the L_ _ _,
C_ _ _ winters demanded special S_ _ _ _ _ _ _ skills.
In the forest, mountain men had to watch out for
animals that might A_ _ _ _ _ and food was S_ _ _ _
_.
7. Trappers often spent winters in N_ _ _ _ _ A_ _ __
_ _ villages learning T_ _ _ _ _ _ _ and H_ _ _ _ _ _
skills.
Dangerous LongCold Survival
Attack Scarce
Native American
Trapping Hunting
8. In the F_ _ _ and S_ _ _ _ _,
mountain men tended their T_ _ _ _. In J_ _ _
, they went into the W_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to
meet with fur traders at a place chosen the
year before called the R_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,
meaning “G_ _ - T_ _ _ _ _ _ _”.
Fall Spring
Traps July
Wilderness
Rendezvous
Get-Together
9. The first day of the Rendezvous was a time for
E_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and then trappers and traders
would settle down to B_ _ _ _ _ _.
10. By the late 1830s, the fur trade was D_ _ _ _
out because B_ _ _ _ _ _ were becoming scarce and
beaver H_ _ _ went out of style.
11. Mountain men began then to find new uses
for their skills, like L_ _ _ _ _ _ settlers across
rugged mountain trails in O_ _ _ _ _.
Entertainment
Bargain
Dying
Beavers
Hats
Leading
Oregon
Below is a map of Oregon Country in 1848. Using the information
provided, label the map with key parts of what would become the
Oregon Trail, created and traveled by fur trappers and mountain men
in the 1840s and 50s. Use the descriptions for clues of where each
point is located on the map. Be sure to read ALL of the
points and their descriptions BEFORE you begin
labeling.
The Oregon Trail is the only major trail in the United States that was first traveled in a west to east direction.
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Independence Rock is a large granite rock, in southwestern Natrona County, Wyoming. During the middle of the 19th century, the rock
was a well-known landmark on the Oregon, Mormon, and California emigrant trails. Many of these emigrants carved their names on the rock, and it was described by early missionary and explorer Father
Pierre-Jean De Smet in 1840 as the Register of the Desert.
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The site of what is now the city of The Dalles was a major Native American trading center for at least 10,000 years. In the early 1840s
American settlers began to arrive in significant numbers, traveling overland via the Oregon Trail. The trail ended at The Dalles. It was not
possible to take wagons farther west due to steep cliffs that fell straight into the Columbia River.
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The Whitmans’ mission was important to early Oregon Trail travelers. Those who were sick, tired, or hungry or who needed a wagon fixed
would make the side trip to the mission. Some would spend the winter with the Whitmans before continuing on to the Willamette Valley.
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Named after a major expedition investor, Henry Hall, Fort Hall stood contained many wooden storehouses for traders unable to unload all of their goods at the rendezvous. At Fort Hall, the Oregon and
California trails diverged in northwesterly and southwesterly directions.
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Oregon City was the first permanent Euro-American settlement in the Willamette Valley and the first incorporated city west of the Rocky Mountains. Founded in 1829 and incorporated in 1844, it
first became the home to fur traders and missionaries. As “the end of the Oregon Trail,” it soon became the final destination for many
early immigrants.
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Oregon City
The city is named for the hundreds of natural springs of carbonated water that are located in and around the city. The springs were well
known to Native Americans. Located in present-day southeastern Idaho, the city is also known as the location of the Soda Spring
Geyser, which was unleashed in 1934 when "town fathers" were looking for hot water for a "hot pool" bathing attraction.
SODA?I like soda
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The overland Astor Expedition are believed to have been the first whites to explore the future site of the first Fort Boise while
searching for a suitable location for a fur trading post in 1811. Located on the border between Oregon and Idaho, Thomas McKay, a
veteran leader of the annual Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) Snake Country brigades, built Fort Boise.
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