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Pioneers
Dr. Forrester gives several reasons why immigrants to the United States may have wanted to become pioneers and move west. She then talks about caravans and the Conestoga wagon.
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Wagon Trains, the Pony Express, Railroads, and Steamboats
Dr. Forrester explains how the evolution of transportation provided easier access to the western region for hundreds of thousands of settlers from the eastern United States, and as a result, cities and towns developed in the west.