US Migration Rivers and Lakes

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Some American settlers moved to their new home on rafts, riverboats, or by boat on the Great Lakes.


 * Mississippi River
 * Ohio River
 * Hudson River
 * Delaware River
 * Missouri River
 * Tennessee River
 * St. Lawrence River


 * Lake Ontario
 * Lake Erie
 * Lake Huron
 * Lake Michigan
 * Lake Superior

Farther west migrants had to follow rivers in order to water their livestock. For example, the Oregon trail followed the Missouri, North Platte, Sweetwater, Snake and Columbia rivers.