Dangers on the California Trail in the 1800s, from Independence, Missouri
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There were wild Indians, scavenger animals, swollen rivers, diseases, hungerness, steep hills, bumpy trails, and broken wagon parts... There were many dangers on the "California Trail" I think you mean Oregon Trail, right!?!?
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I was a Navy sailor and I never ran into the problems you are saying you ran into and this was in the 70's.   \n\nGangs are generally made up of people who stay together to reinforce their own way of thinking by hanging out with people who share their beliefs, most of them wrong.\n\nQuestion, how much of California have you seen to be able to tell people that it is not safe?\n\nAlso how old are you?  If your age is typical of most people in the military you are probably quite young and haven't seen that much of the world yet.  California is more than San Diego, Imperial Beach, National City and Chula Vista.
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Third, traveling on the “Underground Railroad” was a dangerous journey due to harsh weather. Travelers had to keep going for ten to twenty miles until they reached a safe house where they would eat and rest for the night. It didn’t matter if it were raining or snowing; the slaves focused on being freed. During this time, many people tried to track down these escaping slaves and take them back to their plantations for a reward, otherwise known as a bounty. In spite of these risks, Harriet made nineteen trips on the “Underground Railroad”, rescuing family members to freedom.
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You can try the source:\n\nhttp://travel.state.gov/travel/travel_1744.html
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If this was an easy question, you would not have asked it.  Well, here goes.\n\nIt was the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Regiment that fought at Sherwood, MO.  One report has it that there was a skirmish on May 18, 1863 at Sherwood and it was considered to be a Union defeat. \n\nOn May 18 a detachment of 40 Federals, most of whom were African-American troops of the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment, were foraging for corn at a farm near Sherwood, Missouri.  Without warning, they were suddenly surprised by Maj. Thomas Livingston and nearly 70 of his Jasper County partisans who burst from the nearby woods with guns blazing.  The Yanks were routed with 18 of their number killed.  The guerrillas had only two men wounded in the action and captured 5 wagons, 30 mules, and a good supply of guns and ammunition.  The next day, vengeful troops from the Union regiment’s camp arrived in the area with 300 infantrymen and at least 100 cavalrymen.  Livingston’s band eluded the force, but the village of Sherwood, a frequent base for the guerrilla forces, was put to the torch.  The community was completely destroyed and was never to be rebuilt.  Thus Sherwood was added to the growing list of Ozark communities that lay in ruins.  By now most of the Ozark region was essentially in a state of anarchy.  Destroyed homes and murdered citizens had become commonplace in the region.
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This question piqued my interest, but I was unable to find an answer.  You've probably found everything I did, but below are some related links.\n\n\nI did find this.  I'm not sure if it is up to date.  \n\nPacific Coast League Historical Society\nRichard Beverage, President\n420 Robinson Circle\nPlacentia, CA 92870\nEmail: rbeverage at aol.com \n\nSupposedly they meet 3 times a year.  \n\nIf you are on the West Coast, a good library might have access to any of several books about the history of the PCL.  There is also a relatively new history of baseball in California published by the Univ. of California which is in better bookstores, "The Golden Game."  It was also suggested that you miught be able to get info from the sports department of the San Francisco newspapers.
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check it out\n\n  for more details      (lewisandclark@sierraclub.org)
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I believe it was Father Junipero Serra, a devoted Franciscan Priest who was the founder of the California missions all up the coast. Look up the Chamber of Commerce in San Gabriel, California it will have information about the mission.
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This was all I could find.\n\n\nhttp://www.historynet.com/magazines/wild_west/3035316.html\n\nhttp://www.sfmission.org/museum/exhibits/bowsandarrows/index.html\n\nhttp://www.bgsu.edu/departments/acs/1890s/woundedknee/WKIntro.html
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Read read read\n\nLots of books on living in the outdoors, medical reference book for injurys, outdoor cooking book, boy scout manual and others.\n\nI would also suggest you see if you can locate a "survival camp" that they train people for religious or other purposes to survive in the mountains without civilization's usual perks.  Best to take a buddy with you, as if you become seriously injured, you may put yourself in harm's way and end up dying needlessly.
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Missouri was named by the Native Americans
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The trail the Cherokee had to walk through when they were forcibly removed from their land, almost 4000 of them died, because of the adverse elements, hence came the name Trail of Tears. \nYou should read my essay on why their should be no Columbus Day observed.
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the Grand Canyon  & yeah it was dangerous & I was worried I might fall in
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i hear that the mojave road is amazing!<br />\nsearch for it online.
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Well now I am Shoshone so I can help some. First part of your question is\n1. provided a guide over the mountains to the Columbia River\n2.  Lewis and Clarke left their horses with the Shoshone as the trail ahead was too rough for animals\n3. provided provisions\n     Risks were low for the most part\n1. was the risk of getting caught in the mountain durning winter\n2. posible encounters with unfriendly Indians and the chance of starveing on the return trip.\n3 Keeping the horse herd intact and safe is about the only other risk I can think of\n   From my reading the trail was a bare faint rocky track through the mountains and hunting game was almost nonexistance after food supplies ran out. In fact they almost didn't make the trip through the mountainns
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Missouri and Snake Rivers
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You can't live in fear of dieing. It will happen to all of us. Besides every time you ride in a car or walking down the street, ride your bike, you are more likely to get hurt or die that the people in California die or getting in an earthquake. You are more likely to die in your own home than they are to die in an earthquake. I have seen so many reports of people dieing in bed or on the couch from drive by shootings, or cars crashing through a house. Where are you going to live to escape all the things that can kill you?