American Historic Trails

The Chisholm Trail
The Chisholm Trail ran north from Red River Station across the Indian territories and then entered Kansas. Crossing the Arkansas River at Wichita to Abilene, Texas ...

South Pass, Wyoming
In the American west the route through South Pass, Wyoming was one of the great discoveries for the American West. South Pass was known and used by Indians and fur trappers for years ...

The Bozeman Trail
In 1863, mountain man John Jacobs and his partner John Bozeman were determined to find a better route connecting The Oregon Trail to the gold country in Montana. The Bozeman Trail through Wyoming and Montana was a shorter and more direct pathway ...

The Indian Trails
West of Independence, Missouri, the vast prairie began seemingly impossible, clear to the Rocky Mountains. This was Indian Country. Inhabited by Plains Tribes and millions of buffalo, a few ...

Three Island Crossing
Three Island Crossing in Glenn's Ferry, Idaho, pioneers were able to cross the dangerous Snake River. It was extremely dangerous because of the ...

The Taos Trail
The Taos Fur Trappers were important to Taos and New Mexico. The needs of the trappers made Taos, New Mexico an important trading community.

The Overland Trails
The story of these Overland Trails was written in deep furrows across the prairies where thousands of men, women, and children journeyed in their westward migration.

National Historic and Scenic Trails
Travel the historic trails, see the sites, visit the monuments, and learn the ways of the pioneers. National Historic and Scenic Trails are listed here with links to sites filled with information, maps, museums, and other important resources.

• The Dominguez-Escalante Expeditions Journal:

Through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776

• I Walked to Zion:
- Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail

• The Gathering of Zion:
- The Story of the Mormon Trail

• National Geographic's Guide to:
- Lewis and Clark Trail

• Hiking Historic Trails
- Utah's Favorite Hiking Trails

• Scenic Driving - Travel guides
- Scenic Driving in Utah

• Historical reading
- The Old Spanish Trail

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