Name/Title
Great Platte River RoadEntry/Object ID
L2000.28.9Description
The Great Platte River Road: the Covered Wagon Mainline via Fort Kearny to Fort Laramie was the grand corridor of America's expansion. The Trapper's Trail, the Oregon Trail, the Council Bluffs Road, the California Road, the Pony Express route and the military road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Lamarie-all converged in the broad valley of the Platte. This was the transcontinental route of the migration of 1841-1866, one of the epic adventures of American history. A chronology, original maps, photographs, the most thorough compendium of overland journals published to date are valuable aids to the reader
583/Hardbound/Illustration/Maps/Photographs.Collection
Morris WernerLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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BookNomenclature Sub-Class
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Trails, Great Platte River Road, Oregon-California Trail, Mormon Trail, Pony Express Trail, Leavenworth Military Road, Council Bluffs Road, Nebraska HistoryBook Details
Author
Mattes, Merrill J.Place Published
City
OmahaState/Province
NebraskaDate Published
1969Call No.
Western MALCCN
79-627916Notes
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