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The Trail of Death was declared a Regional Historic Trail in 1994 by the state legislatures of Indiana, Illinois, and Kansas; Missouri passed similar legislation in 1996. As of 2013 [update] , 80 Trail of Death markers were located along the route in all four states, at every 15 to 20 miles where the group had camped between each day's walk.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 01:30, 17 May 2017: 3,947 × 2,370 (2.07 MB): RKBot =={{int:filedesc}}== {{Information |description= {{en|1=The Trail of Tears map shows one of the most shameful episodes of American history, today preserved as the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.}} |date= 2017-04-30 |source= U.S. National Park S...
Jornada del Muerto was the name given by the Spanish conquistadors to the Jornada del Muerto desert basin, and the almost waterless 90-mile (140 km) trail across the Jornada beginning north of Las Cruces and ending south of Socorro, New Mexico. The name translates from Spanish as "Dead Man's Journey" or "Route of the Dead Man".
A Trail of Tears map of Southern Illinois from the USDA – U.S. Forest Service. It eventually took almost three months to cross the 60 miles (97 kilometres) on land between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. [101] The trek through southern Illinois is where the Cherokee suffered most of their deaths.
The Zone of Death is the 50-square-mile (130 km 2) area in the Idaho section of Yellowstone National Park in which, as a result of a reported loophole in the Constitution of the United States, a person may be able to theoretically avoid conviction for any major crime, up to and including murder.
During the army campaign the Ute scouts attached to the army unit engaged in this activity and left destruction of Navajo infrastructure to the main army unit. [18] Following the surrender of the Navajo, the Utes continued to raid the Navajo as did New Mexican slavers. [19] A large number of slaves were taken and sold throughout the region. [20]
Santa Fe Trail; Siskiyou Trail; Southern Emigrant Trail; Southwest Trail, from St. Louis, Missouri, to Texarkana, Texas; Stockton - Los Angeles Road; Territorial Road of Michigan, from Detroit west to St. Joseph and Lake Michigan; Wilderness Road (Wilderness Trail) scouted by Daniel Boone from the Shenandoah Valley through the Cumberland Gap to ...
A map showing the de Soto expedition. This section shows Moscoso's route through Arkansas, and Texas, and then to Mexico after de Soto's death. Based on the Charles M. Hudson map of 1997. All the peoples which the expedition encountered in Texas were the ancestors of the modern Caddo, especially the Hasinai and Kadohadacho confederacies ...