The United States in 1852

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Wagon Train Crossing the Platte River 1840s-1850s

4 comments:

  1. I think that the river crossing back then was very harsh because the water was up to the top of the wagon cover and all of their stuff would get wet.

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  2. I think that it was a lot of work just to get to the other-side of the water because they had to turn the wagon into a boat and make sure none of the water would get in. I think it was very intelligent to spend a lot of time to make sure no water would get in because if they had a baby (lets use the Todd family for ex.) If water got in then Cynthia could possibly drown if there was a big hole.

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  3. I also wonder if they could keep their stuff in their wagons dry. Most of the time their stuff would be soaking wet but, when their stuff is dry after the river crossing I wonder. Also if I had a wagon then I would have tried to invent something to keep my stuff dry and not ruined.

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  4. I think the river was very harsh to the animals because the animals probably couldn't see when they were going through the river. Also I think that the river might of gotten the wagon wet.

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