Map+of+the+Oregon+Trail

=The pioneers traveled across the Oregon Trail looking for a better life.=
 * April 10th - Joshua's wagon train left Independence, MO
 * May 17th - They made it to Fort Kearnney, Nebraska
 * June 2nd - The wagon train is at Chimney Rock, Nebraska
 * June 10th - They are now in Fort Laramie, Wyoming
 * July 5th - They traveled across the Sweetwater River for the first time
 * July 6th - They made it to Independence Rock, Wyoming
 * No date - They crossed the Continental Divide
 * On one side the river flows east to the Atlantic Ocean
 * On the other side the river flows west to the Pacific Ocean
 * No Date - They are at Ice Slough. It's July and they found ice!
 * August 3rd - Fort Hall, Idaho They are one state away from Oregon! Pa smoked a friendship pipe with the indians.
 * Around August 15th - They crossed the raging Snake River - it was scary. They chained the wagons and oxen together to help keep everyone from floating down stream.
 * August 25th - They made it to Fort Boise, Idaho. They were really tired. There was a hail storm. People are getting restless.