This site does not work http://www.oregon-trail.com/ or http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html Janet -----Original Message----- From: Jane Foley [mailto:mjfent@bellsouth.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 8:41 AM To: OKMCCURT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OKMCCURT] Responses on Wagon Train Routes Wow! You people are wonderful in responding to my question! I sent this question to several websites and I want to share with you the responses I received. I will check them out as I can get to them. Several of you said you wanted the information too. So here is what I received back. Jane Foley Their is many accounts of the wagon train routes here is a web site with some of the story's of some of the Men and boys going out west during the Gold rush from Illinois, ( http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilschuyl/Oregontrail.html ) looking for some other that I have read , will post when I find them,,,, Richard Graham check out another web site on the California Gold Rush with some of the fellows from Illinois 1848,,,,,,,,,, www.rootsweb.com/~ilschuyl/ look for Schuyler, Co and California Gold Rush first column down almost all the way. Richard This site will provide some of the information you might be looking for: http://www.over-land.com/emigrants.html Roger Jane, Try OCTA@indepmo.org OCTA stands for OR CA Trail Association. They are headquartered in Independence, MO. I think they can help you. Tom Maybe these will help. Winn 1843 Wagon Train Pioneers http://www.peak.org/~mransom/a2m.html ARRIVALS IN OREGON 1852 http://home.netcom.com/~symbios/52intro.html Wagon Train Arrivals as Reported in the Frontier Guardian http://www.rootsweb.com/~iapottaw/WgnTrnIndx.htm Wagon Trains http://www.cyndislist.com/migration.htm#Wagon There were at least a couple of routes that they may have traveled in going from east to west. One would have been the Zanes Trace. The Government hired Col. Zane to blaze a trail through the as yet un traveled way to the west. That trail was nothing more than a path cut though the trees and brush to allow horses and wagons to pass through. There would be stumps left from cutting down the trees. Some places in the route might just be only where Zane and his men hacked at the trees and made marks to show the people where the trail was and where the next people following were to go. Another was the National Road. Which was the first road built "completely" using federal funds. You can find more info on them by going to the following sites. http://www.flintridgevineyard.com/page/page/390943.htm for Zane's Trace and http://www.nps.gov/fone/natlroad.htm for the National Road Mel The Scots-Irish From Ulster and The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road http://www.electricscotland.com/history/america/wagon_road.htm The Great Wagon Road: From Philadelphia to the South http://www.historyus.com/The_Great_Wagon_Road_From_Philadelphia_to_the_South _087517065X.html Jane The only people who MIGHT have kept a list were the suppliers and grocers. Most bought supplies along the way. There are a few books about wagon trains but not many. There one we read about the women going from Mississippi and she kept a diary that was turned into a book. The majority of the women who were/or got P.G. did not make it. I cannot even imagine what those men and women and children went thru. Hope you find records and if you do let me know please. All I can think of is after the Civil War and the Land Lotteries. L Have you tried looking for "wagon trails" using a search engine, such as Google. There are many entries. R Rogers Jane, There are maps on the internet which trace some of the early roads. One early road was called The Federal Road. It went from GA (I think it was Augusta) southwest to AL/MS. You might try a Google search for it. Before the Indians were removed to OK, it was necessary for people who traveled across their land to get a passport. These have survived and have been compiled into a volume called: PASSPORTS OF SOUTHEASTERN PIONEERS, 1770-1823. I do not know if this compilation is complete but at least it will give you a place to look. I don't own a copy but you might be able to get a copy by inter-library loan. Good luck, Dennis Smith As far as I know, no, no record as such. It was more like "if twelve of us all decide to get in our cars and move from Knoxville to Los Angeles, who's keeping the records of who all is moving?" The answer, of course, is that while there are certainly people aware of it, there aren't any official records of it as such. P Great Gateway to the American Westward Expansion: http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/hubs/great_gateway_west/great_g ateway_west.html Missouri River Outfitters: http://www.stjohnks.net/santafetrail/missouririver/outfitters.html Wagon Train: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WWwagontrain.htm [another] Wagon Train: http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0851256.html Cyndi's List: Migration Routes, Roads & Trails: http://www.cyndislist.com/migration.htm I would contact the US Dept. of Interior and see what they might have. I would think this would come under them. Might try the Mormons in Salt Lake City, Utah. 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