-----Original Message----- From: Diana Davis <ddavis@logicsouth.com> To: HODGES-L@rootsweb.com <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, February 13, 1999 12:50 PM Subject: [HODGES-L] Websites--Trail & Migration Sites > ><< TRAIL & MIGRATION SITES > > The Overland Trail > http://www.over-land.com/index.html > > American Migrations Web Site > http://members.aol.com/gedsearch/migrate.htm > > National Historic Trails Interpretive Center > http://w3.trib.com/~rlund/NHTIC.html > > The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920 > http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngphome.html > > Pioneering in the Upper Midwest, 1820-1910 > American Memory Project, LOC > http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/umhtml/umhome.html > > Juliana's Links > http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/testurllinks/search.asp > (In the Category Search, select 'Miscellaneous' and then "Westward > Movement") > > OREGON/CALIFORNIA TRAIL > > Oregon-California Trails Association > http://calcite.rocky.edu/octa/octahome.htm > > End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center > http://www.teleport.com:80/~eotic/index.html > > Oregon Trail > http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Allabout.html > > Emigrant Summit Trail (to California) > http://www.r5.pswfs.gov/heritage/010.HTM > > Opening of the California Trail > http://www.tahoenet.com/tdhs/tpstephn.html > > MORMON TRAIL > > MormonTrail.com: The Pioneer Experience > http://www.mormontrail.com/ > > MormonTrail.net > http://www.mormontrail.net/ > > History of the Mormon Trail > http://lserver.aea14.k12.ia.us/SWP/cdavis/MTOP.HOMEP > > Iowa Mormon Trails > http://www.lisco.com/iowamormontr/ > > SANTA FE TRAIL > > The Interactive Santa Fe Trail (SFT) Homepage > http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/heritage/research/sft/ > > Fort Union and the Santa Fe Trail > http://www.viva.com/nm/ghosts/union.html > > CHISHOLM TRAIL > > Chisholm Trail Anniversary Site > http://www.unicusnet.com/chisholmtrail130/ > > Chisholm Trail > http://www.southwind.net/ict/wht/wht-07s.html > > SPANISH TRAIL > > Old Spanish Trail Association > http://www.slv.org/History/ost.htm > > RAILROAD > > "The reality of a transcontinental railroad resulted in several >changes > > in > Mormon emigration policy. In the late '60's, missionaries often > recommended > to their converts that they remain in their homes until the >completion > of > the railroad, thus avoiding much of the hardship, sickness and death > that > had marked the trail of the covered wagon. By so doing they would >also > be > able to accumulate more money to bring with them to the new >community, > or to > assure the passage of the entire family. And in Utah, men who would > otherwise be called to leave their homes to guide the incoming Saints >to > > Zion, could stay at home to carry on their own work. With this in >mind, > > the > missionaries were frequently given the responsibility of placing > families in > mid-west or eastern communities where they could find homes and > employment." > > The above excerpt is from "Our Pioneer Heritage, Volume 8," >(available > online to Ancestry.com subscribers at: > http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3239.htm) > > RRHistorical > http://rrhistorical.com > > Railroad Maps from the Library of Congress > http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html > > Golden Spike National Historic Site > http://www.media.utah.edu/medsol/UCME/g/GOLDENSPIKE.html > > Railroads in Kansas > http://history.cc.ukans.edu/heritage/research/rr/railroads.html > > MAPS > > Westward Migration in U.S. 1775-1860 > http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/FreeImages.asp?ImageID=299 > > Exploration and Settlement Before 1675 > http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/FreeImages.asp?ImageID=641 > > Exploration and Settlement 1675-1800 > http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/FreeImages.asp?ImageID=643 > > Exploration and Settlement 1800-1820 > http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/FreeImages.asp?ImageID=644 > > Exploration and Settlement 1820-1835 > http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/FreeImages.asp?ImageID=645 > > Exploration and Settlement 1835-1850 > http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/FreeImages.asp?ImageID=647 > > Exploration and Settlement 1850-1890 > http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/FreeImages.asp?ImageID=648 > > > > >==== HODGES Mailing List ==== >Please remember that it is okay to post any information on any Hodge/Hodges/Hedge to the list. The more info we post, the more likely that we will find connections. > > > >