O-Z - National Historic and Scenic Trails List

Oregon National Historic Trail (1978)
Beginning, in the year 1841, and continuing, for more than 20 years, an estimated 300,000 emigrants followed this route. It started in Independence, Missouri and went to Oregon City, Oregon. The journey took at least five months to complete. The 2170 mile long trail passes through Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and into Oregon ....

Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (1980)

Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (1968)
The Pacific Crest Trail stretches from the Mexican to Canadian borders along the mountainous crest of the Cascades and Sierra Nevada.

Pony Express National Historic Trail (1992)
At a distance of nearly 2000 miles, The Pony Express Trail was brutal but simple. Traveling west out of St. Joseph, Missouri they would follow The Oregon Trail from ...

Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail (1983)

Santa Fe National Historic Trail (1987)
The Santa Fe Trail was primarily a commercial highway connecting Independence, Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico and used by Mexican and American traders ...

The Old Spanish Trail (2003)
The Old Spanish Trail was primarily a horse and mule pack route between Los Angeles, California and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Parts of the route went through the present-day states of California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico ...

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail (1987)
Since first contact with European explorers in the 1500's, the Cherokee Nation has been recognized as one of the most progressive among the American Indian Tribes. Cherokee culture ...

• 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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