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Table 1 - American
Overland Migration to the Far West, 1840-1860
Year |
Oregon |
California |
Utah |
Total |
1840 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
1841 |
24 |
34 |
0 |
58 |
1842 |
125 |
0 |
0 |
125 |
1843 |
875 |
38 |
0 |
913 |
1844 |
1,475 |
53 |
0 |
1,528 |
1845 |
2,500 |
260 |
0 |
2,760 |
1846 |
1,200 |
1,500 |
0 |
2,700 |
1847 |
4,000 |
450 |
2,200 |
6,650 |
1848 |
1,300 |
400 |
2,400 |
4,100 |
1849 |
450 |
25,000 |
1,500 |
26,950 |
1850 |
6,000 |
44,000 |
2,500 |
52,500 |
1851 |
3,600 |
1,100 |
1,500 |
6,200 |
1852 |
10,000 |
50,000 |
10,000 |
70,000 |
1853 |
7,500 |
20,000 |
8,000 |
35,500 |
1854 |
6,000 |
12,000 |
3,167 |
21,167 |
1855 |
500 |
1,500 |
4,684 |
6,684 |
1856 |
1,000 |
8,000 |
2,400 |
11,400 |
1857 |
1,500 |
4,000 |
1,300 |
6,800 |
1858 |
1,500 |
6,000 |
150 |
7,650 |
1859 |
2,000 |
17,000 |
1,431 |
20,431 |
1860 |
1,500 |
9,000 |
1,630 |
12,130 |
Total
- All Years |
53,062 |
200,335 |
42,862 |
296,259 |
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