Billie Mahaney
Introduction
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny was used among the Americans in the 1840’s to expand the west. It is the belief that God had destined the U.S to a mission of American movement of Christianity and democracy. They wanted to teach the Native Americans & other non-Europeans. The two trails were the California trail and the Mormon tail. The Mormon trail was also known as Utah territory. These two trails can both be compared and contrasted by those who immigrated along them, what the reasons were for they’re travels and the difficult hardships they faced.
The two trails I researched were the California and the Mormon trail. These two trails both have qualities about each that can be compared and contrasted. One similarity between the two trails is the time that they were both created. Also, the people who traveled along them and why were also very different. Both those traveling the two trails also faced many hardships along the journey, however some they faced were different that they others. While the Californians faced clenching thirst due to high temperatures, the Mormons were dry of thirst due to the Barren land and no water at all. Some were similar, such as death and how if affected the wagon trains.
On February 4th, 1846 the first Mormons began their journey to the west. They left from Nauvoo Illinois & traveled 1,032 miles to Salt Lake City, Utah. Over 68,000 Mormons followed this trail. The Mormon trail was continuously used from the year 1846 to 1869, twenty-three years! The trail was not a small narrow path, but a huge passage way. It changed depending on the river it followed, along with the grasslands and the terrain. It was also two-way road. It followed part of the Ox-Box Trail, the Oregon and California Trails and into the Valley of the Great Salt Lake City. The Trail was not an original trail, it followed many Indian trails. Those traveling along the trail came across many Indians and fur traders. Some traveled the barren lands in large groups of 100 people. Some say it helped them move along faster because they has more supplies all together, and many more men to do the harder work while women and children cooked and tried to continue their education on wagon. However some who traveled the Mormon trail felt the opposite. Traveling with no fewer than as fifteen men so that everyone would be well looked out for and was equipped with survival supplies.
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In 1849 the California gold rush began. The main course of the California trail followed along the Platte and Sweetwater Rivers to the South Pass. This was where it continued to the Fort Bridger trading post. After, most people would go farther to get to the second big trading post called the Snake River at the Fort Hall trading post. Other Mormons continued along the Snake River while Californian’s went southwest at the Raft River to California. Similar to the Mormon trail the California trail also was not a narrow pathway. It was a larger path, grassy at some points, but also very rocky and dry in others. The actual trails were just one way the Mormon and California trail can be compared and contrasted.
Along the California trail hundreds of men were mining for gold. People were traveling to the west from all over the world because of the gold rush. Those in search of gold traveled along many different parts of the California Trail facing many different challenges and tasks. Some referred to the trail as “ The Trail to Gold”. All types of men journey to California, such as men involved in trade, known as merchants. As well as sailors, farmers, mechanics, western men, wealthy men, and others as well. Various different types of men and women all traveling to achieve one thing. GOLD. In California there was said to be gold all over so of course when people heard free money they rushed out to the west as soon as possible. They left their jobs, homes and everything and packed up all they could hold one there wagon. Many men left alone. Their wives and children would have to fend for themselves or stay with a relative.
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Unlike those traveling the California Trail, the Mormons were not traveling to the west in search of gold, but because of religion. The Mormons went west in search of religious freedom and to maintain a cultural identity. Many hoped they could escape religious persecution and start a new life in the western lands. The Mormons believed God had prepared a place for them in the west, and that it was their destiny to preach and establish Mormon religion across the territory. When they left they traveled all together, around the same time. Mormon wagons were extremely organized. There were captains for every group, whether the group was made of one hundred or ten people. Everyone was expected to follow their captain and to fallow there orders. Each day they had a daily routine, which included discipline, hard work, and religious practices. They did this everyday accept Sunday, which they called their day of worship.
All of the many men and women that traveled the California trail faced many difficult tasks and challenges. Each day they would travel at least 20 miles. Men, women, and children as young as newborns. While they were walking the twenty miles they did not rest, and did not have much water to keep them hydrated. Many died of thirst and exhaustion. Life on the trail was about work, hunger, thirst, sickness, tears, and.. Death. There were many cases of death: Indian attacks, starvation, exhaustion, but the main killer was disease. Plenty of pioneers lost their lives due to disease, such as cholera, mountain fever, phuemonia, and diphtheria. Many travelers had wives and children with them. Children could barley keep up and survived with the little they were supplied with. Some children would become too sick or week to live and would fall off wagons, being crushed to death. This would cause tragedy and some would not want to continue forward causing delay in the journey. Also, women regularly felt homesick and needy of the comforts of their own far away homes. All along the trail those traveling never knew what they would encounter next. Few turned back, but mostly trudged on to the land of golden dreams.
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Close to the heart of every member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the memory of the "Mormon Trail." The name Mormon is given as a nickname for members of this Church. We like to call ourselves Latter-day Saints though, so that is the term I will use. The Latter-day Saints believe in the Book of Mormon which was translated from golden plates given to Joseph Smith by an ...
Those traveling the California trail were not the only ones facing life-threatening challenges along their journey. The Mormons were too. They did not face quite the same obstacles, but some were similar. The Indian attacks was a main fear. Many of the trails they crossed were Indian trails, which made it more likely for them to stumble across, causing a higher chance of death. Some wagon trains would stop to pray for those who became sick to heal. Similar to those traveling the California trail when a loved one died the Mormons felt deprived and upset and wished not to go on. This lead to disagreements and tension between wagon trains because some Mormons wanted to move along quicker than others. The weather was also a big hardship. The Mormons were crossing barren land, and they never knew what to expect with the weather. Some days it would be scorching hot, and other days they would have to face gusting windstorms. But once again just like the Californian’s, the Mormons continued on to their destined place.
To conclude, thousand of people both crossed the California and Mormon trails. Some had the same purpose, others with something completely different. The California’s in search of gold, while the Mormons were happily searching for the place God had destined for them. Each trail was a little different and involved different types of obstacles. They both faced similar and unique hardships that will not be forgotten. Many died, but many more survived. In the 1840’ s-1850 thousands of people used the California and Mormon trail, and they were both used for years after. Today we can learn about them, how they were similar and different and how it affected the United States westward Expansion.
