In the 1840s and 50s, nearly a half million pioneers, gold rush Forty-Niners and Pony Express Riders embarked along the Oregon Trail during the greatest overland migration the country has even seen. Risking their lives, they traveled across the continental divide to settle the western wilderness.
By the 1860s more trails and roads with names like the Bridger Trail, the Bozeman Trail, the Overland Trail and the Texas Trail developed out of the First Road West. Today, visitors can experience first-hand adventure on these Historic Trails, visiting important landmarks, historic sites and trading posts that were once vital to earlier travelers.
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