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KyaK8 t1_iwa2558 wrote

How did wagon trains get to the USA west coast without roads? I can see getting across the prairies and deserts, but the mountains and forests and rivers are not so easy. But nobody is said to have built roads or passages that facilitated that passage. Is it really that easy to take a horse drawn wagon across such lands?

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KurwaStronk32 t1_iwaopme wrote

They cleared passages called trails. The Oregon Trail is arguably the most famous of these.

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skyblueandblack t1_iwhc8j4 wrote

And there are still places where you can see it, wheel ruts and all.

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