An archive of research on historic trails and roads

Lewis and Clark Trail

An archive of research on the historic Lewis and Clark Trail.

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Logos: National Park Service and Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail

Verendrye Explorations (New)

Expedition in Search of the Pacific Ocean by Pierre and Francois Gaultier 1742-43

The Gaultier Brother's Expedition through North & South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska in 1742–1743 Based on a Journal, written by Francois Gaultier, Chevalier of the Verendrye, and his brother Pierre Gaultier, documenting an Expedition to reach the Western Sea, addressed to M. the Marquis of Beauharnois. 1742–43.

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Nez Perce 1877 Trail

Steve Russell's center line, maps and waypoint data, preservation plan, and more.

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Sign of the Bear Paw Battlefield National Historic Park

Mullan Road

Interactive maps and archives from four different researchers, an inventory of Mullan Road interpretation, Mullan's 1861 Lewis and Clark speech, and more.

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An 19th-century map of the Mullan Road

Russell Archives

An archive of Steve F. Russell's research on the Nez Perce Trail of 1877, Lewis and Clark Trail, Lolo Trail, Carroll Trail, and more.

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Steve Russell head shot

Contributors

The researchers who have contributed content to this site with links to their respective index pages.

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Interactive Maps

Online, interactive maps, powered by the Google Maps API, illustrate the routes of historic trails as located by historic trail researchers. KML data sets are also provided.

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a Google Map