The answer is false. Criminal cases focus almost completely on criminal issues.
Im guessing they were called "wagon trains". Apologies if i'm incorrect!
Religion (mostly Christianity)
During the 1800 there was a big economic boom in the northern states. However, the south also had cotton as a leading cash crop during the 1800s.
Usually people would settle wherever they could find rich soil and a water source. so mountains were one of the main places that people settled in early civilization.