One group came across the continent in covered wagons. To those of us who have traveled over this route by automobile and also been off the beaten paths on hikes through the mountains it seems almost incredible that thousands of people. including women and children. should have been able to make this trip by oxdrawn or horsedrawn vehicles. Remembering that there were no roads and very few trails. I have frequently wondered how the pioneers .coming across on the immigrant trail were able to finally get to California. It shows one what sturdy men and women America had in 1849. Another group came via the Isthmus of Panama.
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