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	''[[United States\|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Migration Internal\|Migration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[US Migration Trails and Roads\|Trails and Roads]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Central_Overland_Trail\|Central Overland Trail]]'' <br><br>[[Image:UT-NV-CA Trails.png\|thumb\|right\|350px]]The [[Central_Overland_Trail\|Central Overland Trail]] (aka Central Overland Route, Central Route, Simpson's Route, Egan Trail, and Pony Express) was surveyed, improved for stagecoaches, and opened by the U.S. Army in 1859 from and Salt Lake City, Utah through central Nevada to Carson City, Nevada, a distance of about 650 miles (1046 km). This more direct route shaved off 280 miles (450 km), about two weeks travel time, from the length of the original California Trail.<ref name="COR">"Central Overland Route" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Overland_Route (accessed 13 September 2011).</ref><br><br>		''[[United States\|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Migration Internal\|Migration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[US Migration Trails and Roads\|Trails and Roads]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Central_Overland_Trail\|Central Overland Trail]]'' <br><br>[[Image:UT-NV-CA Trails.png\|thumb\|right\|350px]]The [[Central_Overland_Trail\|Central Overland Trail]] (aka Central Overland Route, Central Route, Simpson's Route, Egan Trail, and Pony Express) was a shortcut of the [[California Trail]]. It was surveyed, improved for stagecoaches, and opened by the U.S. Army in 1859 from and Salt Lake City, Utah through central Nevada to Carson City, Nevada, a distance of about 650 miles (1046 km). This more direct route shaved off 280 miles (450 km), about two weeks travel time, from the length of the original California Trail.<ref name="COR">"Central Overland Route" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Overland_Route (accessed 13 September 2011).</ref><br><br>

	=== Historical Background ===		=== Historical Background ===