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1820-1870 western emigrant trails. : historic trails cutoffs, and alternates

This map displays in great detail the many trails used by the emigrants during the westward expansion of the United States between the years 1820 and 1870. From the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection.

Access Genealogy - Tribal Migrations East of the Mississippi

Charts the migrations of Linguistic Stocks of the Muskhogean, Proto-Muskhogean, Siouan, Iroquoian, Algonquain & Caddoan Tribes.

Early American Trails and Roads

Map sketches and descriptions of routes from Beverly Whitaker.

Historical Maps of the United States

From the The Perry-Casta

Ohio Migrations Map and Information

Oregon-California Trails Association Online Store: Historic Trails of the Western United States (flat map)

Pioneer Trails from U.S. Land Surveys

Principal Routes of Trade and Migration, 1840

Quaker-Roots Western Migration Map

Rails and Trails - Historic Transportation Maps

Railroad and road maps for Ohio, Pennsylvania, and more.

Roads in the South East United States - 1820

Trails West: A Map of Early Western Migration Trails

Transportation & Settlement in North Carolina, 1660-1775

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