Trails West, a map of early western migration trails. There are too many trails, cutoffs, short cuts, stage routes, and military roads out here in the west to list them all. We will however endeavor to list and describe the main westward trails with our focus being on the early emigrant trails and roads. Some of these trails carry more than one name.
All state lines shown are modern.
The Northern Trails Applegate Trail Three brothers, Lindsay, Jesse, and Charles Applegate and their families traveled the Oregon Trail in 1843. Three children were drown. They then turned northeast to Fort Hall. It connects with the California Trail at Humboldt Nevada. California Trail Council Bluffs, Iowa, and from St. Joseph, Missouri, via the Platte River to Sacramento California.