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By 1862 the Bridger Pass route of the Cherokee Trail was a well wore road when the Overland Mail and Stage moved from South Pass route on to it. In 1869 the rail road reached Utah ending the Overland Mail. The Cherokee Trail continued as an emigrant route as late as 1883 when the last wagon train from Wise County, Texas to Oregon was documented.
Two major wagon-based transportation networks, one typically starting in Missouri and the other in the Mexican province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, served the majority of settlers during the era of westward expansion. Three of the Missouri-based routes—the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails—were collectively known as the Emigrant Trails.
The train is featured in Microsoft Train Simulator (2001), where its route is a 101 kilometres (63 mi) section from Innsbruck to Sankt Anton am Arlberg in Austria. The Orient Express cars were made available for download to use in Auran's Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004 or later versions by the content creation group FMA.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 December 2024. Historic migration route spanning Independence, MO–Oregon City, OR For other uses, see Oregon Trail (disambiguation). The Oregon Trail The route of the Oregon Trail shown on a map of the western United States from Independence, Missouri (on the eastern end) to Oregon City, Oregon (on ...
January 10 – The Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway enters bankruptcy and is sold at foreclosure.; January 12 – The second transcontinental railroad line in North America is completed as the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks from Los Angeles, California, meet the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio at the Pecos River.
The prediction comes courtesy of Spotted Eagle, a leader among the local Native American tribe that James Dutton and his wagon train encounter on their ill-fated excursion into the American West.
The first wagon was the trailer, the second was "the tender" or the "back action", and the tank wagon containing water brought up the rear. With the mules, the caravan stretched over 180 feet (55 m). [2] When loaded with ore the total weight of the mule train, wagons and all, was 73,200 pounds (33,200 kg; 36.6 short tons). [citation needed]
The path west is filled with dangers for Capt. Shea’s wagon train in 1883‘s second episode, and before the hour is up, two (!) members of the Dutton family are no longer with us. But who loses ...