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Overland Trail

American  
[oh-ver-land, -luhnd] / ˈoʊ vərˌlænd, -lənd /

noun

U.S. History.
  1. any of various routes traveled by settlers from the Missouri River to Oregon and California beginning in the 1840s.


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Overland Trail Ranch straddles the Continental Divide, an invisible line through the Rockies that slices the United States in two.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2022

They’re North America’s fastest land mammal, and Overland Trail Ranch gives them plenty of room to run.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2022

It was only in operation from 1862 to about 1868 and was used as a stop for travelers on the Overland Trail.

From Washington Times • Mar. 26, 2016

This year the Overland Trail will travel with a regular Amtrak train every second Saturday, starting May 13 and ending Dec. 9.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jedediah Smith blazed the route of the Overland Trail and showed us the way to California, and a quarter of a century later Fr�mont, Ide, Sloat, and Stockton made the land beyond the Sierras ours.

From Gentlemen Rovers by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)