'Time to hit the trail'

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1. This cattle trail started in 1865 and ran from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kanses. What was it? Abilene Trail Texican Trail Cimarron Trail Chisholm Trail

2. This trail had two major routes, the Mountain Route and the Cimarron Cutoff. By 1845 it was more than 900 miles long. It connected Kansas City, Missouri with Santa Fe, Mexico (later to become New Mexico). What trail was it? Mexican Trail Santa Fe Trail Cimarron Trail Hart-Benton Trail

3. The year is 1841 and we are headed for the Columbia River country. What trail would we take from Independence, MO? Columbia Trail California Trail Oregon Trail Mormon Trail

4. In 1838 the Cherokee Nation was forced to relocate to the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). What did the Indians call the route? Pains on the Plains Trail Trail of Misery Trail of Tears Trail of Death

5. This is a National Historic Trail administered by the National Park Service. It was in operation from April, 1860 to October, 1861 from St. Joseph, MO to Sacramento, CA. Most of the old route has been obliterated but there are approximately 120 historic sites in the system. What historic system is this? Kit Carson Historic Trail Missouri Overland Express Trail John C. Fremont Trail Pony Express National Historic Trail

6. In 1850 thousands of immigrants who used the California Trail were killed by this. What was it? cholera epidemic Mexican soldiers trying to stop the westward migration. Indians malnutrition and exhaustion

7. In 1854 emigration on the California Trail slowed to fewer than 5,000 people per year. What caused this? Railroad had been completed. Army annihilated near Ft. Larimie, WY starting a three year Indian war. The Oregon Trail had the most travel. Gold rush was finished in California.

8. This famous route shared the same path as the Oregon Trail but branched off at various points in Wyoming and Idaho. A major split from the Oregon Trail branched off at Fort Hall, the Hudson Bay Company's post on the Snake River, ID. What trail was it? California Trail Bidwell-Bartleson Trail Forty-niner Trail Humbolt Trail

9. Before the railroads and telegraph, mail to the west coast was loaded on ships and sailed around the tip of South America or carried across the Isthmus of Panama from ships on the Atlantic to ships on the Pacific. What trail was first used by a U.S. mail company? (Hint: Think bread, not money.) Butterfield Overland Trail United States Postal Trail Wells Fargo Overland Trail Peerless Stage Trail

10. What famous group on the California Trail met tragedy in the winter of 1846-47 while stranded in an early snow storm in the Sierra Nevada? Granville Party Fremont Party Donner Party Rumson Party