Historical roads and trails of the United States

Historical roads and trails of the United States

Historical roads and trails of the United States is a list of roads and trails important to the settlement and development of the United States including those used by the American Indians. Many more local routes are discussed at entries for the relevant town. The list includes only those routes in use prior to the creation of the "American Highway System" in 1926.

If you are looking for recreational trails, see Long-distance trails in the United States. If you are looking for modern transportation routes, try List of roads and highways.

ettlement routes

*Albany Post Road from Bowling Green (New York City) to Albany, called "Broadway" for long stretches
*Boston Post Road
*Bozeman Trail from Virginia City, Montana to central Wyoming
*California Road established 1849, from Fort Smith, Arkansas to California
*California Trail from Missouri to California.
*Carolina Road from Roanoke, Virginia on the Great Wagon Road through the Piedmont to Augusta, Georgia.
*Cherokee Trail along the Arkansas River from Indian Territory to Wyoming.
*Coushatta-Nacogdoches Trace (or Natchitoches)
*Cumberland Road
*El Camino Real
*Federal Road (Cherokee lands) from Athens, Georgia to Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tennessee
*Federal Road (Creek lands) from Fort Wilkinson (close to Milledgeville, Georgia to Fort Stoddert (close to Mobile, Alabama)
*Forbes Road established 1759, from Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania to Fort Bedford, Pennsylvania
*Gaines Trace in the Mississippi Territory from near Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee River to Cotton Gin Port on the upper Tombigbee River and on to Fort Stoddert on the lower Tombigbee
*Great Wagon Road (Pennsylvania Wagon Road) from Pennsylvania to Georgia
*Kittanning Path from Frankstown, Pennsylvania through the Alleghenys to Kittanning, Pennsylvania
*Mormon Trail
*Natchez Trace
*National Road (see Cumberland Road)
*Oregon Trail
*Old Spanish Trail from Santa Fe, New Mexico to southern California
*Old Wire Road, from St. Louis, Missouri to Fort Smith, Arkansas
*Ozark Trail
*Santa Fe Trail
*Siskiyou Trail
*Wilderness Road (Wilderness Trail) scouted by Daniel Boone from the Shenandoah Valley through the Cumberland Gap to the Ohio River

Indian routes

*Catawba Path
*Great Warrior Road
*Tuscarora Path

Mail and passenger routes

*Butterfield Overland Stage Route (1858-1869) St. Louis, Missouri to San Francisco, California
*Pony Express Route (1860-1862) Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California

Gaps and passes

*Cumberland Gap
*Delaware Water Gap
*Donner Pass
*Glorieta Pass
*Kittanning Gap
*Raton Pass
*South Pass

Minor routes

*San Antonio Trace
*Trammel's Trace
*Phillip Nolan's Trace

Cattle trails

*Abilene Trail
*Chisholm Trail
*Goodnight-Loving Trail
*Texas Road (Shawnee Trail)
*Western Cattle Trail
*Western Trail (Dodge City or Ogallala Trail)

ee also

*National Auto Trail
*Trail of Tears
*Turnpike

External links

* [http://www.cyndislist.com/migration.htm Migration Routes, Roads & Trails, Cyndi's List]
* [http://www.tradingpath.org Trading Path Association]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?fawbib:3:./temp/~ammem_qD4F::@@@mdb=calbkbib,lhbcbbib,cic,ngp,mymhiwebib,fawbib,psbib,lhbtnbib,detr,lhbumbib,upboverbib The Wilderness Road]


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