Subject: Websites--Trail & Migration Sites From: Diana Davis Date: February 13, 1999 << 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 ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Go To: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Main |