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Oregon Trail Historical Markers
The Oregon Trail was the only practical corridor to reach the entire western United States from 1836 – 1869. Over half a million people went west during the Oregon Trail’s “glory years.”
On Lone Elm Park Drive, on the left when traveling south.
The oxen and Conestoga wagon sculpture was originally commissioned in 1994 for use at the Kansas Visitors Center at 119th & Strang Line Road. When the Center closed in 2002 the sculpture was awarded to the City of Olathe. The sculpture has been . . . — — Map (db m34337) HM
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"from 'Sappling Grove' where there is an excellent fountain spring & a very good place to camp.. The road runs a little round on the high ridge."
The Santa Fe Trail began in 1821 when William Becknell and a small . . . — — Map (db m100228) HM
On 151st Street, on the right when traveling east.
Both the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails crossed here, northeast to southwest, beginning 1821. The trails took separate courses farther west. A route through Kansas Territory was opened north of here in the 1830's after the founding of Westport, Mo. Long . . . — — Map (db m20213) HM
The Santa Fe Trail forked into two routes as it headed south from Westport. Along the routes were campgrounds for trail travelers — to the northeast of the junction was Sapling Grove and the southwest was a campground called Flat Rock or . . . — — Map (db m100264) HM
On 80th Street at Santa Fe Drive, on the right when traveling west on 80th Street.
Imagine seeing Santa Fe Trail wagon trains coursing through Overland Park! Around you swirls the sights and sounds of wagons creaking, oxen braying, and wagon masters shouting commands. You are standing between two historic branches of the Santa . . . — — Map (db m99307) HM
The Santa Fe, Oregon, and California trails proved to be both challenging and exhilarating for the travelers in the caravans passing through this junction along one of the Westport routes. Letters and diaries are filled with adventures and . . . — — Map (db m100260) HM
On Shawnee Mission Parkway near Melrose Lane, on the right when traveling east.
Located today at 59th Terrace and Bluejacket in the city of Shawnee, Gum Springs was the site of the Shawnee Indian church and meeting house, as well as the location of several excellent springs, all near the intersection of the Fort Leavenworth . . . — — Map (db m50693) HM
On Shawnee Mission Parkway near Melrose Lane, on the right when traveling east.
The Santa Fe Trail went through two decades of change in the Kansas City area before evolving into it's final form by about 1840. In the early years of that decade it also became the route of the Oregon Trail and California Trail.
1821 - . . . — — Map (db m50679) HM
On Riverside Drive east of Scott Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
This cut is part of the old Santa Fe Trail. Many years ago the Missouri River came near this site and thousands of early settlers were ferried here. Their wagons and teams climbed this hill and headed west toward Santa Fe and the Oregon . . . — — Map (db m66712) HM
On Riverside Drive, on the left when traveling east.
The stone monuments to the west mark the trace of the original road leading up from the river. For many pioneers, traders, settlers and soldiers, this was the beginning of the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails leading to the Far West. The steamboat and . . . — — Map (db m66713) HM
To cross the high western mountains before the fall snow storms arrived, many emigrant wagon trains headed for the Oregon or California territories left Independence, Missouri, in mid April to early May. The downside to leaving too early often . . . — — Map (db m79152) HM
The water is of the most excellent kind. The spring is surrounded with Ash Cotton wood and Cedar trees. It is an excellent place to camp for a day or two to wash, recruit the cattle etc. I this day cut the name of the spring in the rock on . . . — — Map (db m79134) HM
Alcove Spring Park consists of more than 200 acres of native prairie and timber land maintained for the preservation of this historic camping ground on the Oregon-California trail and for the enjoyment of our visitors. The park is owned . . . — — Map (db m79116) HM
On Valley Road (State Highway 9) 0.1 miles east of U.S. 77, on the right when traveling east.
Six miles northwest is Alcove Springs, named in 1846 by appreciative travelers on the Oregon trail who carved the name on the surrounding rocks and trees. One described the Springs as "a beautiful cascade of water... altogether one of the most . . . — — Map (db m79113) HM
Stranded by heavy flood waters on the bank of the Big Blue River, 100 members of the Donner and Reed Wagon Train waited for several days anticipating that the spring runoff would begin to subside. Sarah Keyes, James Reed's mother-in-law, . . . — — Map (db m79137) HM
On South 10th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Missouri to Oregon. Fur traders, missionaries, gold seekers and emigrants followed this pathway west, forming the largest peacetime migration in the history of the world. An estimated 300,000 pioneers trekked westward on this 2,170 mile journey . . . — — Map (db m253390) HM
On East Bertrand Street (U.S. 24) at Grand Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Bertrand Street.
This city and college take their name from St. Mary's Catholic Mission founded here by the Jesuits in 1848 for the Pottawatomie Indians. These missionaries, who had lived with the tribe in eastern Kansas from 1838, accompanied the removal to this . . . — — Map (db m122966) HM
On The Road to Oz Highway (State Highway 99), on the left when traveling south.
The Oregon Trail was the main street of the west from the 1830's to the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869. Farmers, townsmen and restless Americans from all walks of life moved along this route seeking a better life in a . . . — — Map (db m80948) HM
On The Road to Oz Highway (State Highway 99), on the left when traveling south.
Historians have estimated that between 250,000 and 300,000 emigrants used the Oregon Trail between 1840 and 1869. At least 30,000 emigrants died along the Oregon Trail, leaving an average of 15 graves for every mile of the trail. Disease, . . . — — Map (db m80946) HM
On The Road to Oz Highway (State Highway 99), on the left when traveling south.
The reservoir before you taps into the famous Scott Spring. The original outlet emanates from the base of a steep rock hill to the east. The refreshing water of Scott Spring offered abundant drinking water to many travelers on the Oregon Trail and . . . — — Map (db m80945) HM
On The Road to Oz Highway (State Highway 99), on the right when traveling south.
From the 1830's to the 1870's, the 2,000-mile road connecting Missouri river towns with California and Oregon was America's greatest transcontinental highway. Several routes led west from the river, converging into one trail by the time the Fort . . . — — Map (db m80927) HM
On The Road to Oz Highway (State Highway 99), on the left when traveling south.
The long journey overland to Oregon took about six months. Time, distance, and hardships seasoned the emigrants. They had the ability and had earned the right to mold their own destiny in the new land. The Oregon Trail became a vital part of the . . . — — Map (db m80949) HM
On The Road to Oz Highway (State Highway 99), on the left when traveling south.
Wagons for trail travel were of the simplest construction. They cost $85.00 each. They were light, strong and carried on sturdy wheels. It was recommended that wheels be made of bois-d-oro, osage of orangewood or white oak. Bolt ends should be . . . — — Map (db m80947) HM
On The Road to Oz Highway (State Highway 99), on the left when traveling south.
There were many unpredictable hazards on the trail as the wagon trains moved westward. The trail itself presented the worst problems. Streams had no bridges and had to be forded. Their shifting bottoms with pockets of quicksand were dangerous. . . . — — Map (db m80959) HM
On 37th Street at Topeka Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on 37th Street. Reported permanently removed.
Topeka was founded in 1854 at the site of Papan's Ferry where a branch of the Oregon Trail crossed the Kansas river as early as 1842. Anti-slavery leaders framed the Topeka Constitution, 1855, in the first attempt to organize a state government. . . . — — Map (db m20479) HM
Wagons bound for Oregon and California left Independence starting in the
1840s and developed a trail to this location. Others started across the prairie from St. Joseph, and Fort Leavenworth. All of that traffic merged here at the junction of the . . . — — Map (db m253325) HM
Hollenberg's Land- Gerat Hollenberg acquired 160 acres of land in 1857 or 1858. He bought it with a land warrant given by the United States government to a veteran of the War of 1812.
1. Hollenberg Station - The building also was known as . . . — — Map (db m253083) HM
On South 3rd Street near Edmond Street, on the left when traveling south.
After the 1848 discovery of gold in California, more than 100,000 sturdy Americans passed through St. Joseph on their way west in quest of wealth, opportunity and better lives. The "Gold Rush" began and those who followed the "Star of Empire" . . . — — Map (db m47479) HM
Each spring thousands of emigrants camped in these hills and meadows waiting for new grass to support their teams along the trail. Wagons lined St. Joseph streets to the east waiting for two to three days to be ferried from this point. The settlers . . . — — Map (db m47467) HM
On West College Street at North McCoy Street, on the right when traveling west on West College Street.
Hiram Young came to Missouri as an enslaved African American. He earned his freedom step by step. First he purchased his wife Matilda's freedom in the early 1840s. For children to be free, they had to be born to a free mother. The Youngs welcomed . . . — — Map (db m208243) HM
On West College Street at North McCoy Street, on the right when traveling west on West College Street.
Being at leisure one day, I rode over to Independence [from Westport, in May 1846]. The town was crowded. A multitude of shops had sprang up to furnish the emigrants and Santa Fe traders with necessaries for the journey; and there was an . . . — — Map (db m208146) HM
On Liberty Street near Lexington Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
This monument honors
the pioneer spirit of
those courageous men
and women who by
their heroic trek across
the continent established
homes and civilization
in the Far Northwest — — Map (db m34753) HM
On West College Street at North McCoy Street, on the left when traveling east on West College Street.
The entire country had railroad fever in the 1830s, with the dream that one day a railroad might span the continent! In Independence merchants needed to move goods between the town square and the Wayne City steamboat landing on the Missouri River - . . . — — Map (db m208135) HM
On West College Street at North McCoy Street, on the left when traveling east on West College Street.
People on steamboats loaded with goods traveled upstream on the Missouri River "highway" to Independence, where the overland journey on the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California trails began. Between March and November, steamboats passed by or stopped . . . — — Map (db m208241) HM
On West College Street at North McCoy Street, on the right when traveling west on West College Street.
The Santa Fe Trail began in 1821 when William Becknell took trade items west and found a ready market in Mexico. He passed through this area before the village of Independence was platted in 1827 as the county seat for newly formed Jackson County. . . . — — Map (db m208242) HM
On Pennsylvania Avenue at Westport Road, on the right when traveling north on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Near this point John McCoy built a log trading post in 1833 which launched the settlement of Westport, with the town becoming the westernmost point of American civilization. From Westport, the Santa Fe, California, and Oregon Trails reached out as . . . — — Map (db m21064) HM
On Pennsylvania Avenue at Westport Road on Pennsylvania Avenue.
(Main Marker)
Originally used as an outfitting store for wagon trains, this building was completed in 1850 by Indian traders George and William Ewing and was sold in 1854 to Albert Gallatin Boone for $7,000. Boone operated the store . . . — — Map (db m20921) HM
Thousands of wagon wheels, animal hooves, and human feet once passed this way – creating the deep depression in front of you. The swale, now worn by erosion, is grassed-over evidence of three trails once connecting frontier Missouri to . . . — — Map (db m87293) HM
From the late 1830s and into the 1860s, thousands of traders, emigrants, and gold prospectors passed this way. After crossing the Big Blue River, covered wagons struggled up this hill due to the mud left behind from torrential spring downpours. Over . . . — — Map (db m199357) HM
On East Red Bridge Road, on the right when traveling west.
(This marker has two panels. From the left panel:)
Key Map
Traveling across this bridge, the fourth Red Bridge near this location since 1859, you may notice art panels attached to each of the large pillars that rise at both . . . — — Map (db m210568) HM
On East 99th Street east of Holmes Road, on the right when traveling west.
Public/private partnerships preserve three National Historic Trails in south Kansas City, highlighting 19th century exploration and migration that shaped the nation. In the heart of the historic 3-Trails Corridor, the Trailside Center at East . . . — — Map (db m199522) HM
On Red Bridge Road east of Minor Park North Entrance, on the right when traveling east.
Visiting the Trails Today
The Santa Fe, Oregon and California Trails had a significant role in the history of the United States and have been designated by Congress as National Historic Trails. The National Park Service partners with site . . . — — Map (db m199379) HM
On East Red Bridge Road east of East 110th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Why Did The Historic Trails Go Where They Went?
When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, trade with the United States soon followed. William Becknell and five companions from the Franklin, Missouri area were the first to use . . . — — Map (db m199377) HM
On Santa Fe Trail 0.1 miles west of Belleview Road, on the right when traveling west.
New Santa Fe, also known as Little Santa Fe, was not much more than an Indian settlement when the first wagon trains passed through on the Santa Fe Trail in the early 1820's. A popular stopping place because of its grass, water and room for . . . — — Map (db m20724) HM
Near West Santa Fe Trail west of Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Sometimes muddy, often dusty, the shared track of the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California trails once passed this way. Teamsters created this route, urging heavy freight wagons to and from New Mexico. In the 1840s-50s, pioneer families traveled this . . . — — Map (db m251721) HM
On American Legion Memorial Highway (U.S. 281) at West Saddlehorn Road, on the right when traveling south on American Legion Memorial Highway.
Oregon TrailMarked by the State of Nebraska and Niobrara Chapter Daughters of American Revolution Hastings Nebraska 1912————— Pony Express Russell Majors Waddell Founders Owners Operators St. Joseph — Sacramento . . . — — Map (db m287697) HM
On Grand Army of the Republic Highway (U.S. 34) 0.3 miles west of South Roseland Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The Pony Express mail service on horseback operated from April 1860 until October 1861. The route went through 6 relay stations in Adams County for 30 miles along the Oregon Trail. Oregon Trail & Pony Express Route Sand Hill • Summit • Muddy . . . — — Map (db m287814) HM
On Grand Army of the Republic Highway (U.S. 34) 0.3 miles west of South Roseland Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The most traveled of the overland routes passed this point on its way to the great Platte Valley, highway to the west. The Oregon Trail started from Independence, followed the Kansas River west, and then the Little Blue north into Nebraska. It . . . — — Map (db m251198) HM
On West 70th Street 0.4 miles west of Shiloh Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Susan C. Haile was born December 20, 1817, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was the youngest child of Joseph and Prudence (Bledsoe) Seawell, natives of Sumner County, Tennessee. Upon the death of Joseph in 1819, Prudence Seawell returned to Sumner . . . — — Map (db m123807) HM
On East Monument Road (State Highway 76) 1.8 miles east of U.S. 281, on the left when traveling east.
The Kingston Cemetery is located on the hill just west of this marker. Founded in the early 1870s, the cemetery was the final resting place for nearly thirty of Kingston’s early settlers. In 1887 the Kingston settlement was moved to the rail . . . — — Map (db m287680) HM
On Road 307 (State Highway 74) just east of Road C, on the right when traveling east.
The original Spring Ranche, located two miles south of here on the north side of the Little Blue River, was founded about 1863. James Bainter, the first permanent settler, operated a store and inn for travelers along the Oregon-California Trail. . . . — — Map (db m287728) HM
Pioneers traveling west on the Oregon Trail discovered this spring that Plains Indians had frequented for centuries. It provided an oasis for man and beast alike in the "Great American Desert."
In 1867, Union Pacific railroad workers named . . . — — Map (db m258618) HM
Ash Hollow was famous on the Oregon Trail. A branch of the trail ran northwestward from the Lower California Crossing of the South Platte River a few miles west of Brule, and descended here into the North Platte Valley. The hollow, named for a . . . — — Map (db m2503) HM
Travelers reached this point over the trail you see stretching out across the prairie to the southeast. They left the last real settlement at Westport Landing or at Independence, some 600 miles from here. Most of them took about 40 days to reach . . . — — Map (db m87332) HM
This ravine started as a set of wagon ruts cut through the grass and soil by heavy iron-shod wheels. It is but one example of the long interaction between man and the environment in this region. This walk to the top of the hill has . . . — — Map (db m87337) HM
The stones surrounding this marker are the remains of the homestead dwelling of Reverend Dennis B. Clary, a pioneer Methodist Minister, who received final patent for his homestead Mar 22, 1899. Mr. Clary was born September 1st 1822, in Maryland . . . — — Map (db m2501) HM
On State Highway 27 at Road 54, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 27.
It has been estimated that at least 20,000 persons died on the overland trail, between 1842 and 1859. This averages ten graves per mile over the 2,000 mile trail. Of the hundreds who died while crossing Nebraska, only seven identifiable graves . . . — — Map (db m231177) HM
On 571st Avenue at 712th Road, on the left when traveling west on 571st Avenue.
The Oregon Trail passed 250 feet west of this point. Colonies of patriotic Americans followed this route to gain possession of the Oregon country. The first colony starting from Independence, Missouri. In May 1842, the road was afterward a great . . . — — Map (db m287912) HM
On 568th Avenue (Nebraska Route 15) 4 miles north of U.S. 136, on the left when traveling north.
Pony Express riders and Oregon Trail emigrants used Virginia Station, once located near this site. Indians traded for whiskey at the station and harassed the emigrant trains. The whiskey was dumped in a near-by creek, thus dubbing the station . . . — — Map (db m177351) HM
On U.S. 30 at M, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 30.
The large hill to the north, which became known as “California Hill,” was climbed by thousands of covered wagon emigrants heading west between 1841 and 1860. Many were bound for Oregon. California became the destination of the majority of travelers . . . — — Map (db m51229) HM
Many emigrants to Oregon or California had to ford the South Platte River to continue their trek up the North Platte River to South Pass. The most important ford, known as the Old California Crossing, was a few miles west of present-day Ogallala. . . . — — Map (db m50790) HM
Near North Buffalo Bill Avenue 0.8 miles north of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north.
This log, two-story, cedar log structure was built in 1868 or 1869 by Mr. E.E. Ericsson. Each log is shaped and interlocked with the next with a minimal use of square nails. Mr. Ericsson was born in Varmland, Sweden on July 1st, 1835. He arrived . . . — — Map (db m191768) HM
Near North Buffalo Bill Avenue 0.8 miles north of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north.
This log cabin was constructed by the United States Army in the 1860's or 1870's at Fort McPherson. The logs were cut from the hills south of the Platte River near present-day Maxwell, Nebraska. Fort McPherson was established in 1863 by a . . . — — Map (db m191702) HM
Near North Buffalo Bill Avenue 0.8 miles north of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north.
These reproduction yokes would sit over the necks of two oxen each. Oxbows, small bent wood rods were placed under the oxen's necks and through the holes in the yokes and secured with pins. This allowed the yoke to secure itself against the oxen's . . . — — Map (db m191894) HM
Near North Buffalo Bill Avenue 0.8 miles north of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north.
This log blacksmith shop and its sister station building, which was a two-story log house, were originally located on the Upper 96 Ranch four miles east of Fort McPherson near the Sam Machette Canyon. In 1931, the log house was dismantled and taken . . . — — Map (db m191700) HM
On State Highway 92 near County Route 73, on the right when traveling west.
Seal of the National Pony Express Centennial Association
Chimney Rock Station on the route of the Pony Express, was located near here between Chimney Rock and the North Platte River. This was an important Pony Express stop between . . . — — Map (db m79423) HM
Near US Highway 26 (State Highway 92) 2.4 miles west of Main Street (Gold Rush Highway) (U.S. 385), on the left when traveling west.
Honored historian and map maker of the Oregon-California Trail which passed this way. With his wife, Helen, he explored and recorded trail remains and shared his knowledge with a legion of trail followers. Dedicated August 17, 1985 . . . — — Map (db m315328) HM
On Road South east of County Route 4600, on the right when traveling east.
Monument erected on the Oregon Trail by Nuckolls County, Neb. In memory of those who were killed and those who escaped at the Oak Grove Ranch in the Indian raid Aug. 7, 1884.
Killed
J.H. Butler • M.C. Kelley
Escaped
John . . . — — Map (db m287828) HM
On South 5th Street at Central Avenue, on the left when traveling south on South 5th Street.
On this road now Central Avenue was the Overland Branch of the Oregon Trail, 1849
From the Steamboat Landing thousands started westward to Pike's Peak, Salt Lake, California and Oregon. — — Map (db m251871) HM
On B Road (Local Route 748). Reported permanently removed.
On the morning of August 8, 1864, a war party of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians attacked a Denver-bound freight wagon train killing thirteen men and taking captive Nancy Jane Morton of Sidney, Iowa, and nine-year old Daniel Marble of Council Bluffs, . . . — — Map (db m294410) HM
On Franklin Street, on the right when traveling north.
Commemorative of the Astorian Expedition organized June 23, 1810, by John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company This expedition discovered the Oregon Trail which spread knowledge of the Nebraska country leading to its occupancy by white people. The fur . . . — — Map (db m229275) HM
On Roubadeau Pass Road, on the right when traveling west.
Honoring these and all the thousands who lie in nameless graves along the trail. Faith and courage such as theirs made America. May ours preserve it. — — Map (db m78704) HM
On Nebraska Route 92 at Hunt Dairy Road, on the right when traveling east on Nebraska Route 92.
In 1909 Nebraska State Surveyor Robert Harvey surveyed the Fort Mitchell site documenting the location of the fort for the Nebraska State Historical Society. Mr. Harvey’s site sketch is partially shown to the right.
The granite Oregon Trail . . . — — Map (db m79436) HM
On State Highway 92 at Hunt Dairy Road, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 92.
Text is found on both sides of this marker
Dedicated October 5, 2013
Scott’s Bluff
Original Station
Apr. 3, 1860 - Nov. 20. 1861
by
James Stretesky
Joseph L. Schroeder
Panhandle Monument
Gordy & Linda . . . — — Map (db m79437) HM
On Nebraska Route 53 north of County Route R, on the right when traveling south.
Its initial points were independence and Westport, Missouri. Trappers and traders followed its course from about 1830. General travel began in 1842.
Big Sandy Crossing
3½ miles east — — Map (db m287909) HM
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