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Title: Westward Across the "Great Lone Land"
Description: Overland wagon trains began in Missouri River towns such as Independence, Westport, Weston and St. Joseph. The author recounts experiences from letters, journals, and diaries of the emigrants who made the journey.
Date: 2010
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Map of Santa Fe Trace From Independence to the Crossing of the Arkansas
Description: A facsimile of the map "drawn by Capt. P. St. G. Cooke, Drags. From Notes carefully taken by him while in command of the Excursion to protect the Santa Fe Trade, 1843." Covers the trail from the Independence/Weston/Ft. Leavenworth area to the crossing 375 miles from Fort Leavenworth in western Kansas. The rivers and creeks along the trail are drawn and named. Military Road from Ft. Leavenworth to Ft. Scott is also shown. Handwritten at bottom of the map: "No. 252 - Capt. Cook's journal - recd. October 2nd 1849, R. Jones A-G."
Date: 1843
Object Type: Map

Title: Mormon Trail - Forging a Road West
Description: Brief article detailing the history of the early wagon trains that traveled the Mormon Trail and some of the landmarks along the way. The first to travel this trail on recommendation by Lansford Hastings, were the families of George and Jacob Donner and James Reed.
Date: 2010
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Following Mountain Man Jim Bridger
Description: The author traces Jim Bridger's trail beginning in Billings, Montana. Bridger is considered "the most famous mountain man" next to Kit Carson. As a fur trader, Bridger trapped throughout the northern Rocky Mountains and later guided both emigrant wagon trains and military troops. Includes suggestions for dining and lodging along the trail.
Date: 2009-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Dreams of Gold on the Starvation Trail
Description: Join Candy Moulton as she travels the Smoky Hill Trail from Kansas City to Pike's Peak region in Colorado once used by gold seekers in the late 1850s. "Lack of knowledge about distance and weather conditions" contributed to the trail's nickname "Starvation Trail."
Date: 2010-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Oregon Trail Endangered
Description: Author travels the Oregon Trail route and lists 10 endangered places on the trail: #1) South Pass; #2 Rocky Ridge; #3 Ladd Hill; #4 Sublette Cutoff and Lander Road; #5 Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission and Trail Ruts; #6 Chimney Rock; #7 End of the Oregon Trail Center; #8 Pipelines and Transmission Lines across Idaho and Wyoming; #9 Scotts Bluff, Fort Mitchell, Robidoux Pass and Horse Creek Treaty Site; and #10 Sweetwater Valley. Includes a map showing the "Endangered Oregon Trail Sites."
Date: 2011-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Rocking Coach Adventures: Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Butterfield Overland Trail
Description: Map of the stage route, photos, list of events and trail adventures accompany this article about the Butterfield Overland Trail. John Butterfield Sr. of the John Butterfield Company "was awarded the winning bid for six years," for an overland mail route to service the West. The route began in Tipton, Misssouri, and went through Fort Smith, Arkansas, across Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, southern California up to San Francisco. The first trip left September 16, 1858. "The Butterfield Trail was the longest stage ride in the world undertaken by one company."
Date: 2008-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

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