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United States Migration Trails and Roads

**Chronological List of Major Historic Trails and Roads Used in the Settlement of the United States**
Name	Date Opened	Usual Origin	Usual Destination
Great Indian Warpath (Seneca Trail)	pre-historic	Mobile, Alabama	Roanoke, Virginia and New York
Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (Chihuahua Trail)	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 de 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
Natchez Trace	before 1742/ 1796/1801	Natchez, Mississippi	Nashville, Tennessee (1796 Maysville,Kentucky)
Unicoi Trail (Unicoi Turnpike)	pre-Colonial, setters 1795	Charleston, South Carolina	Knoxville, Tennessee
Catawba Trail		Saluda Gap, South Carolina	Knoxville, Tennessee
Great Valley Road	1744	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	Bristol, Virginia	Boonesborough/Louisville, Kentucky
Avery's Trace (Nashville Road)	1787	Knoxville, Tennessee	French Lick (Nashville), Tennessee
Zane's Trace	1796	Wheeling, (West) Virginia	Maysville, Kentucky
Maysville Turnpike	1796	Nashville, Tennessee	Maysville, Kentucky
Federal Horse Path	1805	Milledgeville, Georgia	Mobile, Alabama
Georgia Road or Federal Road	1805/1819	Savannah/Athens, Georgia	Knoxville, TN, or Nashville, TN, or Huntsville, AL
Jackson's Military Road	1814/1816	Nashville (Columbia), Tennessee	New Orleans (Madisonville), Louisiana
National Road (Cumberland Road)	1818/1839	Cumberland, Maryland (later Baltimore)	Vandalia, Illinois (later Jefferson City, Missouri)
Santa Fe Trail	1821	Franklin, 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
Mormon Trail to Southern California	1848	Salt Lake City, Utah	Los Angeles, California
Butterfield Overland Mail	1857	Memphis, Tennessee, or St. Louis, Missouri	San Francisco, California
Central Overland Trail	1859	Salt Lake City, Utah	Carson City, Nevada
Bozeman Trail	1863	Fort Laramie, Wyoming	Virginia City, Montana

Internet Sites[edit | edit source]

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:

Chisholm Trail Texas cattle drive to Kansas railheads
Mormon Trail Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah pioneer trail
Old Spanish Trail Santa Fe, New Mexico to Los Angeles, California trade route
Oregon/California Trail Missouri to Oregon or California pioneer trail
Overland Trail Atchison, Kansas stagecoach route to Salt Lake City, Utah
Santa Fe Trail Franklin, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico trade and pioneer route

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 | Albany, New York
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 | 1683
 | San Bruno, Mexico
 | Sonoma, California
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-| [[Camino Real de los Tejas]] (Old San Antonio Road)
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 | 1690s
 | Guerrero, Mexico
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 | [[Natchez Trace|Natchez Trace]]
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 | Natchez, Mississippi
-| Nashville, Tennessee (1796 Maysville,Kentucky)
+| Nashville, Tennessee (1796&nbsp;Maysville,Kentucky)
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 | [[Unicoi Trail]] (Unicoi Turnpike)
-| pre-Colonial, setters 1795
+| pre-Colonial, setters&nbsp;1795
 | Charleston, South Carolina
 | Knoxville, Tennessee
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 | Greenville, South Carolina
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-| [[Braddock's Road]]
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 | 1755
 | Fort Cumberland, Maryland
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 | French Lick (Nashville), Tennessee
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-| [[Zane's Trace]]
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 | 1796
 | Wheeling, (West) Virginia
 | Maysville, Kentucky
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-| [[Maysville Turnpike]]
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 | 1796
 | Nashville, Tennessee
 | Maysville, Kentucky
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-| [[Federal Horse Path]]
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 | 1805
 | Milledgeville, Georgia
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 | [[Butterfield Overland Mail|Butterfield Overland Mail]]
 | 1857
-| Memphis, Tennessee, or St. Louis, Missouri
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 | San Francisco, California
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 | Carson City, Nevada
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 | 1863
 | Fort Laramie, Wyoming
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-== Other Wiki Pages  ==
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-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:
+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:
-*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chisholm_Trail Chisholm Trail] Texas cattle drive to Kansas railheads
+*[http://www.thechisholmtrail.com/index.htm 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
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 *[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
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