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How long would it have taken a wagon train to go from Mississippi to California in the 1800s?

by | Nov 8, 2011 | Inside History

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How long would it have taken a wagon train to go from Mississippi to California in the 1800s? Bobby & Myra Echols Cumming, Georgia The roughly 2,000-mile trip from Missouri to California or Oregon—about the same distance as Mississippi to southern California—took about five to six months, providing good feed was found along the way and one didn’t run into any bad luck. Fifteen miles was a good day’s journey, but bad weather, Indians or other challenges could (and often did) slow d


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