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Overland Trail, any of several trails of westward migration in the United States. The term is sometimes used to mean all the trails westward from the Missouri to the Pacific and sometimes for the central trails only. Particularly, the term has been applied to a southern alternate route to the Oregon Trail Oregon National Historic Trail (see National Parks and Monuments , table). An interpretive center is in Baker City, Oreg.
BibliographyThe classic work by F. Parkman, The Oregon Trail, actually concerns only the eastern part of the trail. ..... Click the link for more information. used by the Overland Stage. It branched from the parent trail at the junction of the North Platte and South Platte rivers and followed the South Platte to near the present Greeley, Colo., where it left the river and went largely overland, crossing the Laramie and North Platte rivers and rejoining the parent trail east of Fort Bridger. The term is also particularly applied to a route to California that went west from Fort Bridger to the Great Salt Lake (thus duplicating in part the Mormon Trail), then on to Sutter's Fort in California; it was much used by California-bound immigrants. BibliographySee J. M. Faragher, Women and Men on the Overland Trail (1979); D. L. Smith, ed., Survival on a Westward Trek (1989). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| What was the leading cause of death on the overland trails to the West Coast from 1840 to 1869? An overland trail leads to the second leg of the boardwalk that stretches from the island to a flooded impoundment. Some are asphalt (Bright Angel Trail in Arizona and Shelley Lake Trail in North Carolina), some are constructed from wood chips and native natural material (Redbird Fitness Trail in Kentucky and Lost Creek Trail in Missouri), others are dirt (Mackenzie Touring Trail in Michigan and Westside Overland Trail in New York) or gravel (Blue Mountain Nature Trail in Montana and Sugar River State Trail in Wisconsin). |
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