Historic Trail Discovery and Research Methodology

Contributed by Steve F. Russell

This brief monograph addresses the methodology Steve Russell has developed for finding historic trails and wagon roads. Trying to describe a process that has been developed using science, inference, and intuition is difficult because it involves so many variables and perturbations. It is similar to a basketball coach writing a monograph on the process of coaching during a game. Some people question if it is even possible to develop such a methodology, but finding actual old worn trail tread is the proof that it works. In this monograph, the word ‘trail’ means the erosion trace of an historic trail or historic wagon road.

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