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| '''Usual Destination'''
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| [[Great Indian Warpath]] (Seneca Trail)
| Camino Real de Tierra Adentro  
| pre-historic
| Mobile, Alabama
| Roanoke, Virginia and New York
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| [[Camino Real de Tierra Adentro]] (Chihuahua Trail)
| 1598  
| 1598  
| Mexico City, Mexico  
| Mexico City, Mexico  
| Santa Fe, New Mexico
| Santa Fe, New Mexico
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| [[King's Highway|King's Highway]] (Boston Post Road)  
| King's Highway (Boston Post Road)  
| 1650/1735  
| 1650/1735  
| Boston, Massachusetts  
| Boston, Massachusetts  
| Charleston, South Carolina
| Charleston, South Carolina
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| [[Albany Post Road]]
| Albany Post Road  
| 1669  
| 1669  
| New York City, New York  
| New York City, New York  
| Albany, New York
| Albany, New York
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| [[Camino Real de California]]
| Camino Real (California)
| 1683  
| 1683  
| San Bruno, Mexico  
| San Bruno, Mexico  
| Sonoma, California
| Sonoma, California
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| [[Camino Real de los Tejas]] (Old San Antonio Road)  
| Camino Real de los Tejas (Old San Antonio Road)  
| 1690s  
| 1690s  
| Guerrero, Mexico  
| Guerrero, Mexico  
| Natchitoches, Louisiana
| Natchitoches, Louisiana
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| [[Fall Line Road|Fall Line Road]]
| Fall Line Road  
| 1735  
| 1735  
| Fredericksburg, Virginia  
| Fredericksburg, Virginia  
| Augusta, Georgia
| Augusta, Georgia
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|-
| [[Natchez Trace|Natchez Trace]]
| Great Wagon (or Great Valley) Road  
| before 1742/ 1796/1801
| 1750s
| Natchez, Mississippi
| Nashville, Tennessee (1796 Maysville,Kentucky)
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| [[Unicoi Trail]] (Unicoi Turnpike)
| pre-Colonial, setters 1795
| Charleston, South Carolina
| Knoxville, Tennessee
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| [[Catawba Trail]]
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| Saluda Gap, South Carolina
| Knoxville, Tennessee
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| [[Great Valley Road|Great Valley Road]]
| 1744
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  
| Augusta, Georgia
| Augusta, Georgia
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| [[Upper Road|Upper Road]]
| Upper Road  
| 1750s  
| 1750s  
| Fredericksburg, Virginia  
| Fredericksburg, Virginia  
| Greenville, South Carolina
| Greenville, South Carolina
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|-
| [[Braddock's Road]]
| Braddock's Road  
| 1755  
| 1755  
| Fort Cumberland, Maryland  
| Fort Cumberland, Maryland  
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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| [[Forbes Road]]
| Forbes Road  
| 1759  
| 1759  
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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|-
| [[Wilderness Road|Wilderness Road]]
| Wilderness Road  
| 1775  
| 1775  
| Bristol, Virginia  
| Block House, Virginia  
| Boonesborough/Louisville, Kentucky
| Boonesborough/Louisville, Kentucky
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| [[Avery's Trace|Avery's Trace]] (Nashville Road)
| Zane's Trace  
| 1787
| Knoxville, Tennessee
| French Lick (Nashville), Tennessee
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| [[Zane's Trace]]
| 1796  
| 1796  
| Wheeling, (West) Virginia  
| Wheeling, (West) Virginia  
| Maysville, Kentucky
| Maysville, Kentucky
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| [[Maysville Turnpike]]
| Natchez Trace
| 1796
| 1801/1809
| Nashville, Tennessee  
| Natchez, Mississippi
| Maysville, Kentucky
| Nashville, Tennessee (later Maysville, Kentucky)
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| [[Federal Horse Path]]
| Federal Horse Path 
| 1805  
| 1805  
| Milledgeville, Georgia  
| Milledgeville, Georgia  
| Mobile, Alabama
| Mobile, Alabama
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| [[Georgia Road|Georgia Road]] or Federal Road
| National Road (Cumberland Road)  
| 1805/1819
| Savannah/Athens, Georgia
| Knoxville, TN, or Nashville, TN, or Huntsville, AL
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| [[Jackson's Military Road|Jackson's Military Road]]
| 1814/1816
| Nashville (Columbia), Tennessee
| New Orleans (Madisonville), Louisiana
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| [[National Road]] (Cumberland Road)  
| 1818/1839  
| 1818/1839  
| Cumberland, Maryland (later Baltimore)  
| Cumberland, Maryland (later Baltimore)  
| Vandalia, Illinois (later Jefferson City, Missouri)
| Vandalia, Illinois (later St. Louis, Missouri)
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| [[Santa Fe Trail|Santa Fe Trail]]
| Santa Fe Trail  
| 1821  
| 1821  
| Franklin, Missouri  
| Independence, Missouri  
| Santa Fe, New Mexico
| Santa Fe, New Mexico
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| [[Old Spanish Trail|Old Spanish Trail]]
| Old Spanish Trail  
| 1830  
| 1830  
| Santa Fe, New Mexico  
| Santa Fe, New Mexico  
| Los Angeles, California
| Los Angeles, California
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| [[Oregon Trail]]
| Oregon Trail  
| 1841  
| 1841  
| Independence, Missouri  
| Independence, Missouri  
| Oregon City, Oregon
| Oregon City, Oregon
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|-
| [[California Trail|California Trail]]
| California Trail  
| 1841  
| 1841  
| Independence, Missouri  
| Independence, Missouri  
| Sacramento, California
| Sacramento, California
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| [[Mormon Trail]]
| Mormon Trail  
| 1846/1847  
| 1846/1847  
| Nauvoo, Illinois  
| Nauvoo, Illinois  
| Salt Lake City, Utah
| Salt Lake City, Utah
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| [[Mormon Trail to Southern California|Mormon Trail to Southern California]]
| Butterfield Overland Mail  
| 1848
| Salt Lake City, Utah
| Los Angeles, California
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| [[Butterfield Overland Mail|Butterfield Overland Mail]]
| 1857  
| 1857  
| Memphis, Tennessee, or St. Louis, Missouri  
| Memphis, Tennessee, or St. Louis, Missouri  
| San Francisco, California
| San Francisco, California
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| [[Central Overland Trail|Central Overland Trail]]
| Bozeman Trail  
| 1859
| Salt Lake City, Utah
| Carson City, Nevada
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| [[Bozeman Trail]]
| 1863  
| 1863  
| Fort Laramie, Wyoming  
| Fort Laramie, Wyoming  
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== Other Wiki Pages  ==
There were several major migration trails across the [[Portal:United States of America|United States]], and many shorter state or regional paths of migration. Some of the better-known trails our ancestors may have followed are:  
 
Many other [[:Category:US Migration Trails and Roads|US Migration Trails and Roads]].
 
== Internet Sites  ==
 
*[https://piedmonttrails.com/ Piedmont Trails] Documentation including maps, land deeds, road orders, surveys, and video presentations about the colonial roads and migration routes dating from the 17th-century to the mid 19th-century.
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/migration/ Cyndi's List - Migration Routes, Roads and Trails] links to Internet genealogical resources about traces, trails, roads and related mailing lists, geography, settlers, and societies.
 
There were several major migration trails across the United States, and many shorter state or regional paths of migration. Some of the better-known trails our ancestors may have followed are:  
 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chisholm_Trail Chisholm Trail] Texas cattle drive to Kansas railheads
*[http://mormontrails.org/ Mormon Trail] Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah pioneer trail
*[http://www.oldspanishtrail.org/ Old Spanish Trail] Santa Fe, New Mexico to Los Angeles, California trade route
*[http://www.octa-trails.org/ Oregon/California Trail] Missouri to Oregon or California pioneer trail
*[http://www.over-land.com/index.html Overland Trail] Atchison, Kansas stagecoach route to Salt Lake City, Utah
*[http://www.santafetrail.org/ Santa Fe Trail] Franklin, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico trade and pioneer route


{{United States Combo}}
*[http://www.thechisholmtrail.com/index.htm Chisholm Trail]
*[http://mormontrails.org/ Mormon Trail]
*[http://www.oldspanishtrail.org/ Old Spanish Trail]
*[http://www.octa-trails.org/ Oregon/California Trail]
*[http://www.over-land.com/index.html Overland Trail]
*[http://www.santafetrail.org/ Santa Fe Trail]


[[Category:US_Migration_Trails_and_Roads|Trails and Roads]] [[Category:Migration_Routes|Trails and Roads]] [[Category:United_States_Migration_Internal|Trails and Roads]]
[[Category:US_Migration_Trails_and_Roads]] [[Category:Migration_Routes]]

Revision as of 19:21, 20 June 2009

Historic Trails and Roads of the United States[edit | edit source]

Chronological List of Major Historic Trails and Roads Used in the Settlement of the United States
Name Date Opened Usual Origin Usual Destination
Camino Real de Tierra Adentro 1598 Mexico City, Mexico Santa Fe, New Mexico
King's Highway (Boston Post Road) 1650/1735 Boston, Massachusetts Charleston, South Carolina
Albany Post Road 1669 New York City, New York Albany, New York
Camino Real (California) 1683 San Bruno, Mexico Sonoma, California
Camino Real de los Tejas (Old San Antonio Road) 1690s Guerrero, Mexico Natchitoches, Louisiana
Fall Line Road 1735 Fredericksburg, Virginia Augusta, Georgia
Great Wagon (or Great Valley) Road 1750s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Augusta, Georgia
Upper Road 1750s Fredericksburg, Virginia Greenville, South Carolina
Braddock's Road 1755 Fort Cumberland, Maryland Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Forbes Road 1759 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Wilderness Road 1775 Block House, Virginia Boonesborough/Louisville, Kentucky
Zane's Trace 1796 Wheeling, (West) Virginia Maysville, Kentucky
Natchez Trace 1801/1809 Natchez, Mississippi Nashville, Tennessee (later Maysville, Kentucky)
Federal Horse Path  1805 Milledgeville, Georgia Mobile, Alabama
National Road (Cumberland Road) 1818/1839 Cumberland, Maryland (later Baltimore) Vandalia, Illinois (later St. Louis, Missouri)
Santa Fe Trail 1821 Independence, Missouri Santa Fe, New Mexico
Old Spanish Trail 1830 Santa Fe, New Mexico Los Angeles, California
Oregon Trail 1841 Independence, Missouri Oregon City, Oregon
California Trail 1841 Independence, Missouri Sacramento, California
Mormon Trail 1846/1847 Nauvoo, Illinois Salt Lake City, Utah
Butterfield Overland Mail 1857 Memphis, Tennessee, or St. Louis, Missouri San Francisco, California
Bozeman Trail 1863 Fort Laramie, Wyoming Virginia City, Montana

There were several major migration trails across the United States, and many shorter state or regional paths of migration. Some of the better-known trails our ancestors may have followed are:

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