Some may find this interesting - I did: The major roads and trails in 1780 to 1860 were: The Oregon Trail: It went from Cumberland to Independence Missouri north east of Salt Lake City northwest to Portland. The California Trail: This trail went as the Oregon Trail only north of Salt Lake it cuts southwest to Sacramento. The Old Spanish Trail: Goes Independence to Council Grove, Santa Fe, goes northwest to central Utah then southwest to Los Angeles The Butterfied Overland Mail Trail: St Louis to ElPaso, Tucson to LA The Mormon Trail: Council Bluffs to the Oregon trail just north of Salt Lake. The Santa Fe Trail: Southwestern Kansas to Santa Fe: The Chicago Pike: Detroit to Chicago The Michigan Road: Southcentral Indiana to about Gary Indiana The Maysville Road: South of Columbus Ohio to Harrodsburg KY The Natchez Trace: Nashville to Natchez The Jackson Military Road: Nashville to New Orleans The Three Chopped Way: Natchez to Columbus GA The Wilderness Road: Harpers Ferry W(VA) to near Cumberland Gap TN to Harrodsburg KY The Genesee Road: Albany to Buffalo NY The National Pike: Cumberland MD to Vandalia IL