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Bloomfield Life from Bloomfield, New Jersey • 19

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Bloomfield Lifei
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An Orechio Publication Especially f0ridS lhCl iHeS Thursday, October 28, 1993 Bloomfield Life 19 offiin nr vr riff nro COtfjrK CRUMBLIHC owns? BECAUSE THEIR norm was a WAFER TOO lOKCf dJlk(SS w-? 1993 by Universal Press Syndicate (hurt hi6hty www By BETTY DEBNAM NilMIMmClMIWiralKialiiie The Long Trail West (sent in by Jason Fuller) What do you call two witches who live together? Broom mates! What do snakes do after they fight? They hiss and make up! (sent in by Jessica Peterson) The Oregon Trail tram Th Mint Pot by Bny Dabntm im UnhwMl PfM Syndicate PETER fT) 77H SJCl PENGUIN Fit the names of these things you would need for a trip on the Oregon Trail into the puzzle. Across: Down: 5 rrra 1. The Oregon Trail began in Missouri and crossed over what is now a part of Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho and Oregon. This is another artist's view of what life on the trail was like. Not many photos were taken at that time.

Some drawings are not true to life and do not give a very real picture. This painting is an artist's idea of life on the Oregon Trail. While older people, young kids and women might have ridden, most people chose to walk. Wagons were uncomfortable and often had no springs. jpf OregoTT A- Jp: Territory iO- In1843, unsettled country now tone was AS) I Families left for the West because they hoped to better themselves.

The East YOUR 10H6EST ST WALK EVER? VI WW was already settled. The MOST OVERLAHPERS WALKED ABOUT Oregon Territory was made up of what is today Washington, Oregon, Idaho and part of Montana. 3Aoqe 'xo 'aire 'uobm 1 1 IS MIllS A PAY. The trail The overlanders did not stop to settle along the way in what is now Nebraska, West offered space and opportunities. Risks Indians: Indians were not the big problem that the first pioneers feared.

Many never saw one the entire trip. Some Indians even offered to help at first. Later, as more overlanders moved through Indian Territory, serious conflicts arose. Attention, Students, Teachers and Parents! Take a state-by-state tour with The Mini Page gang and learn all the facts! The Mini Page Book of States is packed with helpful information on every state: capitals, birds, flowers, trees, industry and crops, geographical and historical facts, and more. Money: Most of the people who traveled this trail were Perfect for use at home and in the classroom, The Mini Page Book of States makes learning fun.

not poor. However, they often had to sell most of what they owned to get outfitted This story is about the Oregon Trail, a long trail of 2,000 miles that many people walked a long time ago. The trip took up to six months. We are celebrating the trail's 150th anniversary this year. Mountain men and fur trappers had traveled the trail before 1843.

However, in that year, the migration over the Oregon Trail really got under way. This migration was one of the biggest overland movements of people ever. Between the years of 1843 and 1860, more than 350,000 "overlanders," as they were called, took this trail west. With the coming of the railroad, the Oregon Trail became less popular. OF STAT Wyoming and Idaho.

The United States owned that land but it was not settled. There were no towns and only a few trading posts. The area was known as Indian Territory. Why did they go? When people first mhOhmi started traveling over the 3 1 Oregon Trail, there was a question as to who owned the Oregon Territory Britain or the United States. The more Americans who settled there, the better the claim the U.S.

had on the area. The U.S. government offered each settler 640 free acres. If they chose to buy more, land was cheap. In 1846, Britain gave up its claim.

for the trip. Life: Many people died of cholera, a disease people got from To order, send $4.95 plus $1 each postage and handling. Send only checks or money orders payable to Andrews and McMeel, P.O. Box 419242, Kansas City, Mo. 64141.

Name Address City drinking impure water. They also died from accidents and gunshot wounds. Loneliness: Leaving behind friends and family whom they would never see again was very stressful for some overlanders. Rookie Cookie's Recipe Go West, Young Reader, Go West To Da Use this page and do more research to write a pretend diary about what you eaw arJ did at these places. Here are some of the places and things you might have seen and done on your six-month trip on the Oregon Trail.

(We have given you yTS I LETS CELEBRATE HATIOHAI GB06RAM TmI yx ST AWARiHESS WEEK. Salsa, Por Favor (Salsa, please) You'll need: 4 tomatoes, finely chopped V2 onion, chopped J4 green pepper, chopped V4 cup vegetable oil 1 4-ounce can green chilies, drained 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar GENERAL CIRCULAR tit FKjtiuAi or uooo ciujMrrr.it, 1. Westport Landing 2. Chimney Rock 3. Scotts Bluff 4.

Fort Laramie 5. Independence Rock 6. South Pass 7. Three Island Crossing 8. Blue Mountains 9.

Columbia River 10. Oregon City outxni mural, the states these places are in today.) Before you left, you might have studied one of the guidebooks about the trail. Some offered good information; others did not. Cut this page apart, 6pread it out, and make your own Oregon Trail across your floor at home or at school. Act out each 6tep along the way.

1 teaspoon mustard powder What to do: 1. Place all ingredients in a large jar with a lid. 2. Shake until well mixed. 3.

Refrigerate until ready to serve. ILL MICEMtK MKTim F0t ItCOtl.O i I 1 Serve with corn chips, over vegetables, or as a sauce on top of a Mexican dish. Makes about IV2 cups. 3. Mitchell Pass (Nebraska) is an opening between two mesas in an area called Scotts Bluff.

The wagons went in single file from Tn Mini Piga by Betty hUw 1M3 UnMfsM Pnm SyndlcaM Mini Spy through the pass. In (A other aces thev 1 enraaH nirr Hahiic out 7. By going from one island to the next, you could have crossed the Snake River at a spot called Three Island Crossing (Idaho). Mini Spy and Rookie Cookie are re-enacting a day on the spread because the dust was so bad. Oregon Trail.

See if you can find: 4L win, in i I i 4 m.n ji chicken leg number 2 pencil 1. Wagon trains left from towns along the Missouri River. Your family might have traveled by steamboat to Westport Landing (now in Kansas City, This was one of the many "jumping-otf points. etterV 4. You would have picked up fresh supplies at Fort Laramie (Wyoming), a U.S.

Army fort. ima bean etter tooth letter arrow letter letter word MINI safety pin mug 8. Crossing the Blue Mountains (Oregon) was another challenge for your wagon train. 5. You would have wanted to reach Independence Rock (Wyoming) by July 4 to make certain you could cross over the mountains before the snows came.

bird "letter exclamation mark You would have left in April, when the grass on the flat prairies was right for the animals (oxen, horses, mules, sheep and tram Tfw MM Pag by Betty (Mnun 1W3 Untwrsal Press Syndtott I 3 L. TRAIL 9. For the next part of your trip, you would have built a raft and floated your wagon cows) to eat 2. Chimney Rock (Nebraska) is one of the trail's best-known landmarks. When you arrived there, you knew that you had gone about one- Words that remind us of the Oregon Trail are hidden in the block below.

Some words are hidden backward or diagonally. See if you can find: KANSAS, NEBRASKA, WYOMING, IDAHO, RIVERS, OREGON, TRAIL, WAGON, HORSE, MULE, OX, VALLEYS, IMMIGRANT, OVERLANDERS, WALK, PIONEER, WEST, PATH Ar down the Columbia River (Oregon) A HAVE Y00 EYIR I I MM I I A I A I BEEH0HTHE third of the way. 0RE60H TRAM i Minimi ii 1 "11 'if! I. REDN-AL OREGON A I A'K 6. South Pass (Wyoming) is a broad opening through the Rockies that made getting over these mountains possible.

The Continental Divide runs through it This imaginary line is where rivers on the east side flow east and those on the west flow west. Pretend that you are loading your wagon for a six-month cross-country trip. Look through your paper for pictures of things you would like to take along. DLVOECAMU FWESTRMLS 1 Ncxt" wsgn fln out If you would EWAGONGSNK RHPATHMAKS WYOMINGIQL 10. At last, you made it to Oregon City! Here you would rest, buy supplies, and move out to settle down in a nearby valley.

The Mini Page thanks the National Frontier Trails Association in Independence, and the National Park Service at Scotts Bluff National Monument in Nebraska for help with this issue. A A like to ask yourself to dinner. Brush up on your table manners..

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