Famous American trails

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The Wilderness Road

from the Shenandoah Valley to the Ohio River
  • Dean, Arlan
2003
Introduces the two hundred mile Wilderness Road that began in Virginia and ended in Kentucky.

The Santa Fe Trail

from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Dean, Arlan
2003
Examines the history of the Santa Fe Trail, a nearly eight hundred mile path from Missouri to Santa Fe used primarily as a trade route in the 1800s.

The Overland Trail

from Atchison, Kansas, to Ft. Bridger, Wyoming
  • Dean, Arlan
2003
Describes the Overland Trail and the frontiersmen who traveled to Fort Bridger.

The Old Spanish Trail

from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Los Angeles, California
  • Dean, Arlan
2003
Describes the Old Spanish Trail and the pioneers who settled in California.

The Oregon Trail

from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon
  • Dean, Arlan
2003
Describes the Oregon Trail and the pioneers who settled in the Pacific Northwest.

The Mormon Pioneer Trail

from Nauvoo, Illinois to the Great Salt Lake, Utah
  • Dean, Arlan
2003
The story of the Mormon Trail and the migration of Mormons to their new settlement at Salt Lake City.
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