(the) Overland Trail

(the) Overland Trail
any of several different routes taken by people travelling to the US West in the 19th century, including the main route to the California ↑goldfields (= areas where gold was found).

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  • Overland Trail — /oh veuhr land , leuhnd/, U.S. Hist. any of various routes traveled by settlers from the Missouri River to Oregon and California beginning in the 1840s. Cf. Oregon Trail. * * * …   Universalium

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  • Overland Route — or Overland Trail refers to the following travel routes: The Overland Trail and stage line in Colorado and Wyoming Overland Route (Union Pacific Railroad), a passenger rail line from Chicago to Oakland, California First Transcontinental Railroad… …   Wikipedia

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