Oregon trail/class recap 4/9

In class today we had to look at how the Oregon trail effected settlers/merchants, the pioneers and New Yorkers. I was a settler/merchant. For me, the trail brought almost nothing but good. Whether the business was excavating or something as small as printing newspapers and such, everything was affected. With more people passing through towns, the amount of customers went up, resulting in a better business. Also, the railroad allowed business like the printing press one to have easy access to states like Michigan where they held most of their resources.