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Several modern highways follow the same route as the Overland Trail. Interstate 76 follows the South Platte River to Fort Morgan, Colorado, and U.S. Route 34 goes between Fort Morgan and Greeley. North of Fort Collins, U.S. Route 287 follows the path of the Overland Trail north to Laramie.
Oct 18, 2022 · The Overland Trail began along the Platte River in today’s western Nebraska where it diverged from the Oregon Trail. The Oregon Trail followed the North Platte River to Fort Laramie, the Sweetwater River and South Pass, all in present Wyoming.
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Sep 1, 2023 · An 1858 map of the overland trail (LOC). The hotel and home at Benjamin Colbert's Station south of Durant, Oklahoma was also the ferry over the Red River for the stage coach. It was one of the most modern accommodations at the time along the Butterfield's path.
Sep 12, 2023 · We begin our adventure at Hwy 201 (Succor Creek Highway). For the next 26 miles, you'll follow the pavement of Lake Owyhee Road that parallels the Owyhee River. Along the way you'll pass various fishing spots and the Lake Owyhee dam.
Jul 15, 2022 · The Washington Cascades Adventure Route is the crown jewel of overland routes in western Washington. Over the course of 325 miles, the route highlights 4 peaks of the high Cascades including Mt Rainier.
The Overland Trail, also known as the "Central Overland Emigrant Route," was an important nineteenth-century corridor for explorers, colonists, miners, and traders that ran from Atchison, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Wyoming.
