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	Overland Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Following the California-Oregon Trail, an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 emigrants crossed vast plains, formidable mountains, and arid deserts to settle California and Oregon between 1841 and 1869.
		Over the entire length of the trail, it is estimated that one person died for every hundred yards, with most deaths resulting from cholera.
		The “Overland “exhibition presents a vivid portrait of what the journey was like for the people who crossed the trail with no idea of what lay ahead.
	www.ceraexhibits.org /exhibits/history/overlandtrail (254 words)

	Trails of Hope: About the Collection
		Overlanders were likely to be in contact with other companies traveling west and these were often Mormon companies, or they might find themselves traveling to Salt Lake to re-outfit and re-provision before continuing west to California or north to Montana.
		One criterion for inclusion in Trails of Hope was that the diary had to be "penned" on the trail in hopes of minimizing the ever-expanding mythology of the trail experience.
		Each map and trail guide is fully cataloged and a brief essay describes these collections and their context within the broader trail experience and, in some cases, to the specific experiences of our diarists and letter writers.
	overlandtrails.byu.edu /about.html (2222 words)

	Overland Trail - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		Overland Trail any of several trails of westward migration in the United States.
		The term is sometimes used to mean all the trails westward from the Missouri to the Pacific and sometimes for the central trails only.
		It branched from the parent trail at the junction of the North Platte and South Platte rivers and followed the South Platte to near the present Greeley, Colo., where it left the river and went largely overland, crossing the Laramie and North Platte rivers and rejoining the parent trail east of Fort Bridger.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-OverlndT.html (472 words)

	Historic Overland Trail protected for future
		The Overland Trail was chosen by the White House Council on the Millennium in June.
		Neighboring ranchers were asked to come to the trail on horseback Saturday, and many vintage cars were parked at the edge of the trail.
		Overland Trail was open from 1862 to 1868, and about 20,000 people traveled on it each year.
	rockymountainnews.com /news/0807trai7.shtml (338 words)

	The Overland Trail--Last updated 09/19/00
		From there the trail crossed the Laramie Plains and skirted the north side of Elk Mountain near Fort Halleck, and the Medicine Bow Mountains.
		The overland mail continued on for another 2 1/2 years along the Overland Trail, until the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railroads met at Promontory Point, Utah in 1869.
		A Clickable Map of Stage Stations on the Overland Trail from Julesburg to Ft. Bridger.
	www.over-land.com /otrail.html (656 words)

	Klondike Trail Society
		The Klondike Trail Society is a group of local residents who are interested in locating, mapping, and marking the first 250 miles of the Trail from Edmonton to Dawson City, Yukon.
		The Trail was used during the 1897/1898 Klondike Gold Rush and was promoted by the Edmonton Bulletin, Edmonton merchants, and the Government of Canada, as an all Canadian route to the easy gold of the Yukon.
		When the trail became part of one of the many routes to the Yukon, the trail became known as the Klondike Trail.
	www.klondiketrail.ca (481 words)

	Butterfield Overland Stage Route (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bridges had to be built over rivers and streams, large rocks had to be removed from trails, wells had to be dug, and passes through mountains had to be cleared.
		Only when the trail was very rough did the passengers have to switch to a more uncomfortable but rugged Celerity stagecoach.
		He gave them instructions such as,"drivers and conductors to be armed but to shoot only when lives of passengers are endangered" and "no shipments of gold or silver to be carried to cut down on attacks by highwaymen." Each driver had a 60 mile route and then a return for a total of 120 miles.
	www.frontiertrails.com /oldwest/butterfield.htm (745 words)

	Food Along the Overland Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The food supply was the heaviest and most essential part of an overland emigrant's outfit.
		Several overland emigrants reported successful fishing in the Platte, but overall references to fishing in emigrant diaries and reminiscences are uncommon.
		Other items such as flour, bacon, furniture, harness, stoves, and even silver and linen were left by the side of the trail as the need arose, but never whiskey.
	www.nebraskahistory.org /publish/publicat/timeline/food_along_trail.htm (354 words)

	CALIFORNIA TRAIL
		This wagon trail from the Raft River to the Humboldt River became the next permanent segment of the California Trail.
		In order to avoid the rigors of the Truckee Trail on their return to Salt Lake City, a group of Mormons, most of whom were former members of the disbanded Mormon Battalion, pioneered a new wagon trail to the Carson River.
		All these trails branched off one of the three main northern routes to California and usually were opened from west to east.
	www.emigranttrailswest.org /caltrail.htm (2853 words)

	WNY Outdoors - Eastside Overland Trail
		Actually named the Earl Cardot Eastside Overland Trail, it is a 19 mile long nature trail spanning 4 towns, reforestation areas and the Canadaway Creek Wildlife Management Area.
		The trail from the parking lot on Rt 79 running east between Center Road and Meadows Road.
		From Shumla, mountain bikers prepare from the trail head to the creek, leanto and falls.
	www.classicbuffalo.com /WNYOutdoors/EastsideOverlandTrail.htm (633 words)

	Hippie trail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The hippie trail is a term used to describe the journeys taken by hippies in the 1960s and '70s from Europe, overland to and from eastern Asia.
		One of the key facts of the hippie trail was the desire to travel as cheaply as possible, thus usually the journeys were carried out by thumbing (hitchhiking).
		The overland trail came to an abrupt halt with the political changes at the end of the 1970's.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hippie_trail (459 words)

	Overland Trail Private Railcar Charter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Overland Trail car was built in 1949 and has been restored to its "as built" appearance.
		That includes exclusive occupancy of the Overland Trail by your group, attentive service by traditionally attired crew, light meal and beverage service, fresh flowers, crisp linen, period music...
		The Overland Trail is stored on track 41 at Los Angeles Union Station and is available for stationary special events.
	www.trainweb.com /overlandtrail/charter.html (360 words)

	The Overland Trail Main Page--Last Updated 12/07/02
		Clickable Map of the Overland Trail: (Julesburg to Fort Bridger)
		Actual visits to the entire trail, from Julesburg to Fort Bridger, involved discovering, photographing and documenting sites--both those remaining and those "lost." See the Bibliography for sources for the Overland Trail information.
		The Overland Trail site has received the Academic Excellence Award from StudyWeb as one of the best educational resources on the web by StudyWeb Researchers.
	www.over-land.com (827 words)

	AllRefer.com - Overland Trail (U.S. History) - Encyclopedia
		Particularly, the term has been applied to a southern alternate route of the Oregon Trail.
		It branched from the parent trail at the junction of the North Platte and South Platte rivers and followed the South Platte to present Julesburg, where it left the river and went overland to the North Platte, rejoining the parent trail east of Fort Laramie.
		The term is also particularly applied to a route to California that went west from Fort Bridger to the Great Salt Lake (thus duplicating in part the Mormon Trail), then on to Sutter's Fort in California; it was much used by California-bound immigrants.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/O/OverlndT.html (270 words)

	Overland Trail Diary
		Trail Website many of the actual historic locations which Hamrick and his family visited during their "long and perilous journey" and which he noted in his remarkable journal.
		The family followed the trail that traversed most of the main rivers of the Western Frontier, and stopped at many of the original Pony Express stations which were being utilized as Mail Stage Stations, which George often noted as "Express Stations".
		It is easy to locate the approximate trail by following along where the rivers run thru first the plains, then the mountains and the desert in your atlas.
	members.tripod.com /j_croadtalk/hamricksofcalifornia1850/id1.html (535 words)

	Oregon Trail History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Oregon Trail migration, more correctly known as the Oregon-California Trail migration, is one of the most important events in American History.
		The Oregon-California trail was a 2,170 mile route from Missouri to Oregon and California that enabled the migrating of the early pioneers to the western United States.
		The final third of the trail was the most difficult and had to be done with expediency.
	www.frontiertrails.com /oldwest/oregontrail.htm (1047 words)

	WNY Outdoors - Westside Overland Trail
		Actually named the Fred J. Cusimano Westside Overland Trail, it is a 24 mile long nature trail spanning 4 towns and six state forests.
		The trail begins in the Chautauqua Gorge, proceeds southeast to Route 430 parking lot and Mount Pleasant.
		There are printed maps with trail distance by sector (A thru S) available along several of the trail locations.
	www.classicbuffalo.com /WNYOutdoors/WestsideOverlandTrail.htm (676 words)

	The Whitehorse to Dawson Overland Trail - ExploreNorth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Overland Trail was not a single, uninterrupted stretch of road.
		From Whitehorse the original trail headed west, crossed the Takhini River, followed the Klusha and Little rivers to Braeburn, then along the Nordenskiold River and into Carmacks.
		At Mackay's, which was later renamed Yukon Crossing, the trail crossed the Yukon River and then followed the east bank to Pelly, where it crossed the Pelly River.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/weekly/aa121898-1.htm (1147 words)

	Parks & Recreation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Fred J. Cusimano Westside Overland Trail stretches 24 miles from near the Pennsylvania New York boundary in the Town of Harmony to the south side of the Chautauqua Gorge.
		Adirondack lean-tos, latrines, firepits and tables are at campsites along the overland trails.
		Parking is available near or adjoining the trail or waterways at various road crossings.
	www.co.chautauqua.ny.us /parks/TRAILSLIST/Cusimano.htm (76 words)

	Re-visioning the overland trail: Richard Marius's bound for the promised land Southern Quarterly - Find Articles
		Re-visioning the overland trail: Richard Marius's bound for the promised land
		This focus on the ambiguity of the West is an unusual, perhaps unique, focus for a novel of the Overland Trail.
		What happens when new frontiers evolve?4 The result is a work that explores these issues by reassessing formulaic character types, by associating a number of them with prevalent nineteenth-century philosophies and ideologies, and by evoking the ambiguity, complexity, and mystery inherent in the meaning of the West and of a westering experience.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4074/is_200307/ai_n9246525 (779 words)

	Oregon-California Trails Association :: Research :: Census of Overland Emigrand Documents
		COED (Census of Overland Emigrant Documents) is one of the Oregon-California Trails Association's major efforts to further the association's objectives of preserving our knowledge of the emigrants who traveled overland in the second half of the 19th century.
		The goal of COED is to survey and record in a database essential information from all known documents written by emigrants during their overland journey west.
		Unless the individual you are planning to search for traveled an overland trail, the name cannot be found in the database.
	www.octa-trails.org /research/coed_database.html (831 words)

	Oregon-California Trails Association
		OCTA is a co-sponsor of the 100th anniversary observance of emigrant pioneer Ezra Meeker's cross-country trip to commemorate the trail to Oregon that he first traveled in 1852.
		The Oregon-California Trails Association's Strategic Plan rough draft is available for public comment with a critical eye regarding future directions and organizational capacity.
		Trail history finds its fascination in the physical evidence still to be found in the form of ruts, graves and inscriptions.
	www.octa-trails.org (491 words)

	Overland Trail leaves mark
		Until railroads were constructed in northern Colorado, the Overland Trail was the most important single development in transportation.
		The Overland Trail was not a single road such as today's highways.
		In 1877, the Overland Trail was relegated to secondary importance when the Colorado Central constructed its line from Longmont through Loveland, Fort Collins to Cheyenne.
	www.northfortynews.com /Archive/A200406photoOverlandTrail.htm (1315 words)

	Fort Tours \| Texas Fort-Overland Trail
		Marker Text: The Butterfield Overland Mail, the first public transportation facility spanning the area from the Mississippi to the Pacific with passenger and mail service, 1858-61, used the 2400-foot peak to the northeast as a beacon.
		Greatest contribution of the overland stage was its carrying news; coaches also brought mail from the west one to 10 days faster than it came by ship.
		Heaviest use of the trail came during the mid-1870s, when freighters transported tons of silver and copper from the state of Chihuahua for shipment to the eastern U.S. One of the landmarks along the Chihuahua Trail in this part of western Texas was Escondido ("Hidden") water hole, seven miles southeast of Fort Lancaster.
	www.forttours.com /pages/enfort.asp (11908 words)

	The Overland Trail: From The Golden Gate to The Great Salt Lake, Along the Southern Pacific Railroad. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Everyone desires to secure souvenirs of the journey, and, knowing this, we have endeavored to make this volume such a record of facts, and such a collection of beautiful, accurate and attractive views, that it will be recognized by all as the most appropriate and interesting souvenir of the Transcontinental Journey.
		A trip thru the Sierras via the Overland Trail of the Southern Pacific cannot help but linger in the mind of the traveler as one of the most attractive and instructive of his journeys in Far West sight-seeing.
		The rock ballasted steel-ribbed road to-day is strikingly contrasted with the long thin dusty trail of forty-five years ago that connected California with the far eastern centers.
	cprr.org /Museum/Overland_Trail (2339 words)

	Overland Trail Elementary Homepage
		Overland Trail Elementary School (OTE) is located in southern Overland Park, Kansas, and is part of the highly rated and award-winning Blue Valley School District.
		Overland Trail Elementary is home to 592 kindergarteners through fifth graders.
		Students who attend Overland Trail Elementary will attend Overland Trail Middle School and Blue Valley North High School.
	www.bv229.k12.ks.us /OTE (94 words)

	Johnson County Museums - Overland Trail Exhibit
		At one time an ox would be missing, at another time a mule, and then a struggle for the best encampment, and for a supply of wood and water; and, in these struggles, the worst traits of human nature were displayed, and there was no remedy but patient endurance.
		The writings of many emigrants were at first filled with excitement and much enthusiasm, a tone that changed dramatically as they continued on the difficult journey across the continent.
		Despite the hardships to come, these early experiences on the overland trails in Johnson County are remembered not only within traveler’s journals, but also in the places they traversed so long ago.
	www.jocomuseum.org /overlandTrails/trail_onward.htm (290 words)

	HR 5980 - Butterfield Overland Trail Study Act - US House Bill
		H. To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a resource study along the `Ox-Bow Route' of the Butterfield Overland Trail in the States of Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, and for other purposes.
		To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a resource study along the `Ox-Bow Route' of the Butterfield Overland Trail in the States of Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, and for other purposes.
		The study shall evaluate a range of alternatives for protecting and interpreting the resources of the trail area, including alternatives for potential addition of the trail area to the National Trails System.
	www.theorator.com /bills109/hr5980.html (550 words)

	Overland Lake Trail \| Nevada Hikes
		Preview: The Overland Lake Trail is the only practical route for reaching the heart of the Ruby Mountains from the east side.
		Overland Lake, with a spectacularly beautiful setting perched just below the crest of the range near the head of Overland Creek canyon, is worth the effort.
		For those who don?t have the time to complete the Ruby Crest Trail, a weekend excursion to Overland Lake is a fine alternative.
	www.trails.com /tcatalog_trail.asp?TrailID=HGS261-014 (192 words)

	Trails of Hope: Suggested Readings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mintz, Lannon W. The Trail: A Bibliography of the Travelers on the Overland Trail to California, Oregon, Salt Lake City, and Montana during the Years 1841-1864. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1987.
		“Overland Emigration, the California Trail, and the Hastings Cutoff.” Utah Historical Quarterly 56 (Spring 1988): 109-27.
		“The Overland Journey to Zion.” In The Mormon Role in the Settlement of the West, ed.
	overlandtrails.lib.byu.edu /suggested.htm (2508 words)

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