Trails and Roads in the American Old West
32 entries in the Trails and Roads in the American Old West compendium.
Abilene TrailCattle trail from Texas to Abilene, Kansas, used from 1866 to 1887.Apache TrailHistoric supply road through Arizona's Superstition Mountains.Bad Pass TrailPre-Columbian Native American route marked by stone cairns.Beale's Wagon RoadA 1857 wagon route along the 35th parallel to California.Bozeman TrailA gold-rush route through contested Native territory.Bridger TrailAn 1864 alternative to the Bozeman Trail through Crow and Shoshone lands.Butterfield Overland MailStagecoach mail service linking the Mississippi to California.California RoadSouthern gold rush route through Indian Territory along the Canadian River.California TrailOverland route from Missouri River towns to California.Cherokee TrailA historic overland trail through Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming.Chisholm TrailPost-Civil War cattle trail from Texas to Kansas railheads.Comanche TrailA network of trails used for Comanche raids into Mexico.Cooke's Wagon RoadFirst wagon road from the Rio Grande to San Diego.Deadwood DrawStaging area for Black Hills gold rush freight wagons.El Camino Real (California)Commemorative route linking California's 21 Spanish missions.El Camino ViejoOldest north-south inland trail of Spanish and Mexican California.Emigrant Trail in WyomingThe 400-mile Wyoming segment of the great westward emigrant trails.Fork of the RoadOasis and trail junction on the Mojave River.Goodnight–Loving TrailA late-1860s cattle trail from Texas to western markets.Great Osage TrailNative American trail that became the first phase of the Santa Fe Trail.Great Platte River RoadThe grand corridor of America's westward expansion.Great Western Cattle TrailA major cattle route west of the Chisholm Trail.Lolo Pass (Idaho–Montana)Mountain pass on the historic Lolo Trail, used by Lewis and Clark.Mojave RoadHistoric desert route from the Colorado River to the Mojave River.Montana TrailA vital north-south supply route during the Montana gold rush.Mormon RoadA Mormon-pioneered wagon road linking Utah to Los Angeles.Mormon TrailMormon pioneers' 1,300-mile route from Illinois to Utah.Naches TrailHistoric Washington trail from Indigenous route to settler immigration path.Old Santa Susana Stage RoadHistoric stagecoach route through Santa Susana Pass in California.Old Spanish Trail (trade route)Arduous 700-mile trade route linking Santa Fe to Los Angeles.Oregon TrailA 2170-mile wagon route from Missouri to Oregon.Oregon-California Trails AssociationPreserving and protecting overland emigrant trails and the emigrant experience.
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