Trails
This trail connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon Territory.
Oregon Trail
The last chief of the Comanches. His mom was a captured white woman.
Quanah Parker
This religious group traveled from Illinois to settle in Salt Lake City, Utah, on the trail that bears their namesake.
Mormons (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
This Apache Medicine man fought against the Mexican and U.S. armies. He sought revenge after the Mexican army killed his wife and children.
Geronimo
This express mail service used relays of horse mounted riders between Missouri and California.
The Pony Express
This Lakota war leader of the Oglala band participated in several famous battles on the great plains including the Battle of Little Bighorn. He had visions where he thought he got premonitions from the spirit world.
Crazy Horse
This trail connected the gold rush territory of southern Montana to the Oregon trail in eastern Wyoming. The route was created by John Jacobs and John Bozeman.
Bozeman Trail
This Hunkpapa Lakota leader refused to adopt any dependence on the U.S. government. He had a vision in which he saw soldiers "as thick as grasshoppers" falling upside down into the Lakota Camp three weeks before Custer's defeat at The Battle of Little Bighorn. He also appeared in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Sitting Bull
This trade route connected Mexican settlements near Santa Fe with Los Angeles and the rest of Alta California. It was used primarily in the 1800's but parts of the trail had been used by the Spanish since the 1500's.
Old Spanish Trail
This Nez Perce leader led some of his people in rebellion against the U.S. Government. He tried to get political asylum in Canada alongside the Lakota people, who sought refuge in Canada under the leadership of Sitting Bull.
Chief Joseph