TheGreatTrekWestwardsTheytraveledtheroadofhardshipTheGreatTrekwestwardshadbeenturnedintomanydifferentmovies(DanceswithWolves)
In1800theUnitedStatesofAmericawasstillayoungcountry,whichhadjustcomeintobeing
ItconsistedofthestateseastandsouthoftheGreatLakes
NolandstothewestoftheMississippiriverwereexplored
In1803,PresidentThomasJeffersonsentasecretmessagetotheAmericancongress,callingforanexpeditiontothePacificOcean
Inthenextsixtyyears,fourexpeditionssetouttoexploretheland
InthetwodecadesbeforetheCivilWar(1861--1865),thousandsofAmericansmovedtothewest
Asmanyas250,000peopletraveledoverlandtonorthernCalifornia,whileuntoldthousandstosouthernCaliforniabywayofthevarioussouthernroutes
About43,000peoplereachedOregon,andasimilarnumbersettledinUtah
Insearchofland,theysufferedagreatdealonthejourney