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Can you describe a typical day in the life of a person traveling via covered wagon to Oregon or California from Missouri?

by | Jul 3, 2006 | Inside History

Can you describe a typical day in the life of a person traveling via covered wagon to Oregon or California from Missouri? Stace WebbWenatchee, Washington One of the most enduring myths of the Old West is the prairie schooner. A pioneer’s typical day began at four a.m. when the sentinels fired their rifles, signalling reveille. Herders began bringing in the oxen that had been grazing through the night; they were put into a makeshift corral to be “yoked.” From six to seven a.m., breakfas


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