The "Great Military Road" from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Riley, joined the Oregon Trail at Smith's Ferry on the Kansas River, in the 1850's, and both followed a path originally traveled by fur trader, James Clyman in 1827. After passing through . . . — — Map (db m243673) HM
A few miles to the northwest, the Oregon-California trail crossed the Vermillion Creek heading toward the Pacific from the "jumping off" towns on the Missouri River.
The crossing was named for Louis Vieux, a Potawatomi leader of French and . . . — — Map (db m119123) HM
