Moving Westward By:Sarah H and Brooke J By jscypinski Jun 4, 1803 Louisiana purchase Made the US ten times larger Dec 24, 1804 covered wagon movement people travled west in covered wagons Aug 31, 1812 Lewis and Clark they were explorers http://www.nps.gov/jeff/historyculture/the-lewis-and-clark-journey-of-discovery.htm Feb 14, 1859 Oregon becomes a state our state is now a part of the USA May 10, 1869 railroad made it easier and safer to travel wesdt Transcontinental Railroadeasyer and safer to travel west now
