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The Applegate Trail was an emigrant trail through the present-day U.S. states of Idaho, Nevada, California, and Oregon used in the mid-19th century by emigrants on the American frontier. It was originally intended as a less dangerous alternative to the Oregon Trail by which to reach the Oregon Territory .
American settlers began following the trail in 1841, with the first recorded settler wagon traingroup being the 1843 "Great Migration" of about 900 settlers, led in part by Marcus Whitman. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Provisional Government of Oregon was established by such settlers in 1843, generally limited to the Willamette Valley.
Jesse Applegate (July 5, 1811 – April 22, 1888) was an American pioneer who led a large group of settlers along the Oregon Trail to the Oregon Country. He was an influential member of the early government of Oregon, and helped establish the Applegate Trail as an alternative route to the Oregon Trail.
Location of Hardin County in Kentucky. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hardin County, Kentucky.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States.
The Applegate Trail (established 1846) cutting off the California Trail from the Humboldt River in Nevada crossed part of California before cutting north to the south end of the Willamette Valley. Originally U.S. Route 99 (later renamed to Oregon Route 99) and Interstate 5 through Oregon roughly follow the original Applegate Trail.
Lindsay Applegate (September 18, 1808 – November 28, 1892) was an American pioneer known for his participation in blazing the Applegate Trail, an alternative route of the Oregon Trail. The trail was blazed with his brothers Charles and Jesse in 1846, though Charles was not a member of the party that blazed the section of the Applegate Trail ...
Kentucky Route 73 at the Louisville and Nashville Railroad tracks, and by the junction of U.S. Route 68 36°53′05″N 86°38′40″W / 36.884722°N 86.644444°W / 36.884722; -86.644444 ( South Union Shakertown Historic
According to another review of Schafer's book, the story of the Great Migration of 1843 would have been "too fantastic to believe if it were not a commonplace of American history." [ 2 ] The essay is cited as a prime example of the accounts of emigrants to Oregon, California, and Utah through the Platte River valley, and its frequency of ...