Why did people migrate west, especially to Oregon? Can you imagine how difficult and dangerous it would be to take your family and move to unfamiliar territory, where only a handful of people have visited? Why should people go to this new land? Well, people had different motivations for traveling west, but the common cause was simple. Traveling west was an opportunity for people to start a new life. The possibility of a new beginning, a better life and the chance to make a fortune have motivated hundreds of thousands of people. Exploring new territory and expanding our new nation required courage, curiosity, and the opportunity to make a fortune. The idea of ​​spreading our country from coast to coast is called Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny is the idea that the United States was destined to spread across the continent and that God and nature intended this to happen. Although many people made the journey west and went to different places, most people settled in California and Oregon. Many people settled in Oregon. The end of the Oregon Trail was Oregon City, one of the first and largest settlements in the West. There were different motivations for people who settled in Oregon than those who went to California, but the one thing in common was the ability to make a fortune and own land. Although there was this opportunity, it was a long and dangerous journey to the new lands and on average one in ten people did not make it and many people got lost and were never found. How did the emigrants find their way to Oregon? This journey began in Independence, Missouri and ended in Oregon City, Oregon Territory. It was a long and treacherous journey that took over 2,000 miles from east to west. It was a year... a half of paper... Problems began to arise in the land of Oregon. By the 1860s, cattle ranchers had moved into eastern Oregon to provide meat for Oregonians in towns near river valleys. During the early 1880s, sheep ranches utilized land used primarily by cattle ranchers. Livestock farmers said the sheep destroyed the land by cutting the grass too short. Cattle ranchers began shooting sheep every time they saw one. From this, major problems arose that may have made the law in question necessary. In the 1870s and 1880s, owners of huge ranches in south-central Oregon fought with new small farmers and ranchers over ownership of the land. Big ranchers argued that small farmers and ranchers were doomed to fail in an environment suited to big ranching. Small farmers and ranchers argued that large ranches monopolized more land than they were entitled to.