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Old Oregon Trail through Kansas Map, Traced 1908Entry/Object ID
AM1997.38.1Scope and Content
Old Oregon Trail through Kansas Map, Traced 1908. Long, rolled map,
"Old Oregon Trail through Kansas, As shown on original land surveys of Kansas 1855-1856 on file in Office of State Auditor, Topeka, Kansas. Traced 1908 by Geo. A. Root, Curator of Archives, Kansas State Historical Society.
About 185 miles--more or less from Kansas-Missouri line to Nebraska line, by the old Oregon-California Trail from Independence, Mo, up the south side of Kansas River to Shawnee Co., when trail crossed to North Side of River."Lexicon
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Kansas History, Oregon-California Trail, Trails, Western Migration, Oregon-California Trail Through KansasRelationships
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Geo. A. Root