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The Cherokee Trail | The Cherokee Trail about 900 miles long and is part of the California Trail system of trails. The trail starts around Salina, Oklahoma running through Kansas, Colorado ending at Fort Bridger Wyoming. At Fort Bridger the immigrant could chose to go to Oregon country, or south to Salt Lake and on to California. | ||
===Historical Background=== | ===Historical Background=== | ||
In 1849, Lieutenant Abraham Buford, escorting the mail from Santa Fe to the east, turned south at McPherson, Kansas, to follow the recently blazed Evans/Cherokee Trail to Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, and then connected with another trail to nearby Fort Smith, Arkansas. Starting in 1850 the trail was used continuously by gold seekers, emigrants and cattle drovers from Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, and the Cherokee Nation. | In 1849, Lieutenant Abraham Buford, escorting the mail from Santa Fe to the east, turned south at McPherson, Kansas, to follow the recently blazed Evans/Cherokee Trail to Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, and then connected with another trail to nearby Fort Smith, Arkansas. Starting in 1850 the trail was used continuously by gold seekers, emigrants and cattle drovers from Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, and the Cherokee Nation. | ||