he surveyed so many emigrant trails he has left "a legacy of trail markers in his footsteps." In his article, "Luke and John, Where Are you?" in the Spring 2005 Overland Journal, Mulder described ...

John Wood, 1850 Diary From the late 1840s to the late 1860s, travelers on the Emigrant Trail through Nevada, also known as the Central Overland Trail, endured a months-long journey through often ...

Teachers Amy Wilson and Jody MacBride will travel to Nebraska to accept the award from the national organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of overland emigrant trails and the ...

Emigrant Diaries from the Bozeman Trail, 1863-1866.” “The Bozeman Trail was one of these overland gold rush trails,” Doyle writes.” A shortcut from the Platte River Road to the Montana ...

This stretch of Highway 20 was a cutoff of the 1844 Overland Emigrant Trail, according to local historian Charles Graydon. Look for the shallow ditch on either side of the road – mountain bikers now ...

was the most important outpost on the emigrant trails. Built in 1834, the post became a haven for gold seekers and weary emigrants, a station for the Pony Express and the Overland Stage ...