Interesting! The wagon will haul more items then my compact 1984 S10 long bed pickup. My truck has a 29 cu. ft. capacity while the wagon has a 40' capacity. The wagon also has 1 ton hauling ability while my truck only has 1542 lbs weight capacity. Of course the wagon can`t go 50 mph! Personally I would have rather gone to the extra expense & used mules for draft power. Of course at present our strong & fast Thoroughbreds from our farm would work too! I would want to make sure the wagon had real good brakes though. We have used our 1st farm sire to pull a stuck in the mud trailer free. The 4 x 4 Blazer just spun all 4 wheels. The tractor we had also kept just spinning its wheels to. The horse with his all hoofed drive had no difficulties pulling the trailer free despite the 6" of mud. Amazed us actually. Great video always like to see how things were done in the past.
I have three vaguely related stories. The first is of the 1976 wagon train that stopped at Fort Vancouver. They were built to standards of the original wagons. I was astounded at how small they were - our movies have them much larger. Their floors were basically the size of a 4x8 sheet of plywood (a bit longer); that is NOT much space to be living in for months! The second is my step-grandfather, born in 1888, told the story of his parents coming out before he was born. (He was born in Morton, Washington, where they settled.). Along the trail, his infant sister died. Of course she had to be buried along the way. He said his mother always wanted to go back and find her grave. I thought it was kind that she was not able to as the chances of finding it would be astronomical after so many years and likely made it even more heartbreaking. The third is a day trip offered by our local parks department. This was one to follow a part of the Oregon Trail. It was on the Oregon side in the general area of The Dalles. The foot trail we were on was above the highway (I-84) and in the trees. The slope was quite steep and little space between trees for a wagon. The animals, of course, could not pull wagons down the hill so the wagons (and the animals) were lowered by ropes! We could easily still see the rope "burns" on the trees. I can only imagine how dangerous that would have been. It was further emphasized by I-84 traffic whizzing by us below on the freeway! Of course, when the wagon trains ventured west, there was no flat area there on which to travel along the Columbia River. If you have driven that highway, you will have seen many rock cliffs that were dynamite-blasted while building that highway. I have great admiration for those who made that grueling journey.
Excellent, excellent, excellent!! Nice to see that some of our State's budget hadn't been waisted!! BTW... where did the fresh milk come from every day?? Did some families really bring a cow along with them? Thanks for sharing.... Ax
Only a very few wagons came with the very expensive blow up inflatable life preservers that enabled the wagon to just float all the way down the Columbia river.
Yes wagons float. However if the current was þoo strong the wagon could turn and flip. Drowning people and livestock. High water held up people all the time, they had to wait till water went down. River crossing was as dangerous as raiding indians.
You left out CORNMEAL. Cornmeal was more important than wheat flour. As 1, it was cheaper, 2 you packed it in a barrel so you could pack eggs in it. And 3, the most common poor mans livestock that wasnt in harness was CHICKENS. 2 most common was a $50 MILK COW.
These videos are fantastic! Very captivating, educational, and enjoyable.
Very interesting. Very historically educational. Thank you.
I love these videos so much! Thank you for sharing with us.
Interesting! The wagon will haul more items then my compact 1984 S10 long bed pickup. My truck has a 29 cu. ft. capacity while the wagon has a 40' capacity. The wagon also has 1 ton hauling ability while my truck only has 1542 lbs weight capacity. Of course the wagon can`t go 50 mph! Personally I would have rather gone to the extra expense & used mules for draft power. Of course at present our strong & fast Thoroughbreds from our farm would work too! I would want to make sure the wagon had real good brakes though. We have used our 1st farm sire to pull a stuck in the mud trailer free. The 4 x 4 Blazer just spun all 4 wheels. The tractor we had also kept just spinning its wheels to. The horse with his all hoofed drive had no difficulties pulling the trailer free despite the 6" of mud. Amazed us actually. Great video always like to see how things were done in the past.
interesting video, I love the information about this important and historic time, thank you very much
I have three vaguely related stories. The first is of the 1976 wagon train that stopped at Fort Vancouver. They were built to standards of the original wagons. I was astounded at how small they were - our movies have them much larger. Their floors were basically the size of a 4x8 sheet of plywood (a bit longer); that is NOT much space to be living in for months!
The second is my step-grandfather, born in 1888, told the story of his parents coming out before he was born. (He was born in Morton, Washington, where they settled.). Along the trail, his infant sister died. Of course she had to be buried along the way. He said his mother always wanted to go back and find her grave. I thought it was kind that she was not able to as the chances of finding it would be astronomical after so many years and likely made it even more heartbreaking.
The third is a day trip offered by our local parks department. This was one to follow a part of the Oregon Trail. It was on the Oregon side in the general area of The Dalles. The foot trail we were on was above the highway (I-84) and in the trees. The slope was quite steep and little space between trees for a wagon. The animals, of course, could not pull wagons down the hill so the wagons (and the animals) were lowered by ropes! We could easily still see the rope "burns" on the trees. I can only imagine how dangerous that would have been. It was further emphasized by I-84 traffic whizzing by us below on the freeway! Of course, when the wagon trains ventured west, there was no flat area there on which to travel along the Columbia River. If you have driven that highway, you will have seen many rock cliffs that were dynamite-blasted while building that highway.
I have great admiration for those who made that grueling journey.
Fascinating, thank you so much 👍
Excellent, excellent, excellent!! Nice to see that some of our State's budget hadn't been waisted!! BTW... where did the fresh milk come from every day?? Did some families really bring a cow along with them? Thanks for sharing.... Ax
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Amazing i love your video what
Will pioneers do whenever
You hit water and do the wagons
Do flot and can i have a reply
From people or you
Only a very few wagons came with the very expensive blow up inflatable life preservers that enabled the wagon to just float all the way down the Columbia river.
Yes wagons float. However if the current was þoo strong the wagon could turn and flip. Drowning people and livestock. High water held up people all the time, they had to wait till water went down. River crossing was as dangerous as raiding indians.
well. just diagnosed with cholera... be dead by lunch... nice knowing you.
You left out CORNMEAL.
Cornmeal was more important than wheat flour. As 1, it was cheaper, 2 you packed it in a barrel so you could pack eggs in it.
And 3, the most common poor mans livestock that wasnt in harness was CHICKENS. 2 most common was a $50 MILK COW.
If they had waited until the 1960s they could have taken a station wagon!
What about tools?!?