[DOC] [TLE] Oregon Trail - Wikipedia [PAR] The Oregon Trail is a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) historic eastwest, large-wheeled 
wagon route and .... This was ultimately a shorter and faster route than the one 
they followed west. This route had ..... From Salt Lake City the telegraph line 
followed much of the Mormon/California/Oregon trails to Omaha, Nebraska. After 
the First... [DOC] [TLE] Route of the Oregon Trail - Wikipedia [PAR] The historic 2,170-mile (3,490 km) Oregon Trail connected various towns along 
the Missouri ... Remnants of the trail in Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and 
Oregon ... Missouri, located west of the Mississippi River and east of the Missouri 
River, ..... The main Oregon and California Trail went almost due north from Fort... [DOC] [TLE] Mormon Trail - Wikipedia [PAR] The Mormon Trail or Mormon Pioneer Trail is the 1,300-mile (2,092 km) route that 
members of ... 3.1 Illinois; 3.2 Iowa; 3.3 Nebraska; 3.4 Wyoming; 3.5 Utah ... At 
this point, the now larger company took the established Oregon Trail toward the 
.... Chariton River Crossing (80 miles (129 km) west)  The trail continues past 
the... [DOC] [TLE] NSHS Educational Leaflet No. 12 - Along Nebraska Trails - USGenNet [PAR] For eight weeks they followed Nebraska's eastern border, the Missouri River, ... 
Pass route west and wrote a report, widely circulated in the East, which praised 
the ... The pioneer band of Mormons, fleeing persecution in Illinois, were led by ... 
the trail to go to California rather than Oregon, but it was not until the discovery of
... [DOC] [TLE] Mormon Trail Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki [PAR] May 31, 2016 ... Pioneers Crossing the Plains of Nebraska by C-1-. ... The Mormon Trail usually 
followed the north side of the North Platte River west ... The Oregon Trail took a 
more northerly route after the Green River into Idaho and Oregon. The California 
Trail continued west from Salt Lake City (or from the Oregon Trail... [DOC] [TLE] California Trail Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki [PAR] May 31, 2016 ... The main California Trail overlapped the Oregon Trail from western Missouri to 
the Raft River crossing in Idaho. ... From there they followed Nevada's Humboldt 
River west to the .... The migration pathways connected near the east end 
included: ... Mormon Trail 1847 from Omaha, Nebraska branched off the... [DOC] [TLE] Touching ruts on the Oregon Trail | | omaha.com [PAR] May 3, 2015 ... The twin rocks sit south of Bridgeport, Nebraska. ... with the California Trail to the 
Forty-Niner gold fields, the Mormon Trail to the Great .... Turn left (east) to 
Register Cliff or right (west) to Oregon Trail Ruts. ... the Oregon Trail leaves the 
North Platte River to follow the Sweetwater River through South Pass. [DOC] [TLE] Oregon Trail - Pathway to the West - History and Information [PAR] The Oregon Trail, one of the key migration routes west, spanned over 2170 miles 
... Within Nebraska, the Oregon Trail followed the Platte River and then the North 
... These include the Mormon Trail from Illinois to Utah, and the California Trail to 
... A short piece of the Oregon Trail still exists a few miles east of Boise, Idaho. [DOC] [TLE] The Mormon Trail Across the West - Legends of America [PAR] The Mormons used many trails in crossing the Plains and through the Rockies to 
... The States of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming were gutted and 
... did not follow the old California Trail up the north side of the Platte River. ... to 
the north and west, entering Thayer County, joining the old Oregon Trail in the... [DOC] [TLE] Traders, Trappers, Travelers, and Settlers--Scotts Bluff National ... [PAR] Scotts Bluff, in the North Platte River Valley of western Nebraska, has long been 
... notably the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails, as well as the Pony Express 
route. ... of other traders followed the Astorian/Oregon route along the Platte River
. ... area to the Rocky Mountains, and returned east in the autumn with their furs. [DOC]

Question: The Oregon, California & Mormon trails followed this east-west River in Nebraska
Answer: the Platte