Drawing on period diaries, company and expedition reports, and newspaper accounts, an in-depth history of the Oregon Trail follows the route used by fur traders, missionaries, mountain men, voyageurs, farmers, gold hunters, journalists, entrepreneurs, artists, and others who made their way west, off[...]

The full story of the Santa Fe Trail, from the arrival of the Spanish, the founding of Santa Fe in 1610 and the arrival of the first French and American traders, the establishment of the trail, and what happened after its glory days ended.Here are the men who pioneered trade between Saint Louis and [...]