Joureny west

Danger

Natives

Rocky mountains

Rivers

Steep slopes

Buffalo

Time

It took half a year to get to the west

Needed to get food and water on the way

Cholera

Water could be infected by cholera

Rocky Mountains

The rocky Mountains are 4401 meters tall

There was a lack of food and water up there

Only a few people lived up there and they were called the mountain men

It killed lots of people from starvation, lack of water or avalanches.

Mississippi river

Some travelers had to cross the mississippi river

They would used a steam boat to get across, or if it was shallo enought they would go through it.

Who went west?

First it was the Mountain men in 1820s

Second it was the first farmers in 1830s and 1840s

In second as well it was the Mormons in 1830s and 1840s.

Then finally the gold miners come in the 1848 and 1849 gold rush.

The plains

Not much water

Hard to find buffalo

Very hot in the summer

Very cold in the winter

Weather

On the rocky mountains it was very cold.

On the plains it would be really hot or really cold

Any where else it would be normal tempature

Mormons

Beliefs

Polygamy (More than one wife)

No ownership of land

They were better than all beliefs as they believed god chose them to be a Mormon

Book of Mormon is like the Christians bible.

They were discriminated because of what they belived in

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Bank

Kirtland was a bank ran by the Mormons

It want bank rupt and lost all Non-Mormons their money

Made by Joesh Smith

Joseph smith

Person who created the religon

Was murdered when he tried running for President

Found the gold tablet

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Brigham young

Took over the Mormon religon

Took the Mormons to salk lake city

Very orginised