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Map of major cattle trails, with the Great Western Trail in the center. The Great Western Cattle Trail is the name used today for a cattle trail established during the late 19th century for moving beef stock and horses to markets in eastern and northern states.
Also branching off to the south was the Mormon Trail from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. During the twenty-five years 1841–1866, 250,000 to 650,000 people "pulled up stakes," and headed west along these trails. About one-third immigrated to Oregon, one-third to California and one-third to Utah, Colorado, and Montana.
The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico.Pioneered in 1821 by William Becknell, who departed from the Boonslick region along the Missouri River, the trail served as a vital commercial highway until 1880, when the railroad arrived in Santa Fe.
There are many historic trails and roads in the United States which were important to the settlement and development of the United States including those used by American Indians. The lists below include only those routes in use prior to the creation of the American Highway System in 1926.
Pages in category "Trails and roads in the American Old West" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Hudspeth Cutoff and the Salt Lake Cutoff all rejoined the California Trail near the City of Rocks (For maps see NPS map California Trail: [86]). The trail then continued west over 7,100 feet (2,200 m) Granite Pass, which involved a steep, treacherous descent. West of Granite Pass, the trail was in the Great Basin drainage.
The Flying J Wranglers is a country and western band in Alto, New Mexico (the Goodnight–Loving Trail passed near their Flying J Ranch). Centennial is a novel in which cattle are brought to Colorado by way of the Goodnight-Loving Trail, which was renamed the Skimmerhorn Trail in the novel. Centennial is a miniseries that follows the plot of ...
Map of the Trace. The Trace was created by millions of migrating bison that were numerous in the region from the Great Lakes to the Piedmont of North Carolina. [2] It was part of a greater buffalo migration route that extended from present-day Big Bone Lick State Park in Kentucky, through Bullitt's Lick, south of present-day Louisville, and across the Falls of the Ohio River to Indiana, then ...