settlers and families going west

By daley29

  • Corps of Engineers

    Corps of Engineers
    Jor Stephen Long lead an exhibition across kansas to the rocky mountains.

  • Missouri

    Missouri
    William Becknell lead an trading expodition from Franklin, Missouri to the southern rockies then down to Santa Fe.

  • The tejas settlement

    The tejas settlement
    Mexico granted some land to the Americans for the ability to have 300 families move into Tejas.

  • Stephen Austin

    Stephen Austin
    Stephen Austin made the first settlement in Tejas.

  • Salt lakes

    Salt lakes
    Jim Bridger when on his own from the ashley expo and found the salt lakes.

  • The mountain men

    The mountain men
    The mountain men arrive.

  • Jedediah Smith

    Jedediah Smith
    Jedediah Smith went to california in search of new traping grounds.

  • lumber

    lumber
    Dr. John McLoughlin: first lumber mill in the west.

  • The Missouri river

    The Missouri river
    George Catlin 2,000 miles up the Missouri with fur trapers.

  • The last rendezvous

    The last rendezvous
    The last rendezvous for the mountain men

  • gold dust in the roots of an onion

    gold dust in the roots of an onion
    Francisco Lopez discovers gold dust in the roots of an onion, the start of a god rush in San Feliciano Canyon near Los Angeles.

  • THE OREGON TRAIL

    THE OREGON TRAIL
    the mountain me lead settlers on the oregon trail.

  • Buffalo kill

    Buffalo kill
    Buffalo hunters gather on the northern Plains for the last large buffalo hunt.

  • Oklahoma take over

    Oklahoma take over
    More than 100,000 white settlers rush into Oklahoma and take over cherokee teritory.