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Key Stops Along Historical American Travel Routes

Explore significant historical locations essential to America's westward expansion, including the starting point for the Lewis and Clark journey in St. Louis, Missouri, and the notorious Sutters Mill in California, where gold was discovered. Visit The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, a symbol of Texas independence, and experience the somber Trail of Tears, which marked the forced removal of Cherokee Indians. Other notable spots include South Pass, a vital landmark along the Oregon Trail, and Fort Laramie in Wyoming, a military post crucial to cultural tensions during the westward migration.

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Key Stops Along Historical American Travel Routes

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  1. Stops along the way By: Nick Bennett

  2. St. Louis, Missouri <>The starting point for the Lewis and Clark journey. <>It was a good place where people always bought supplies <>Without it it would be hard to travel to the west. <>It was a key location on the Mississippi River.

  3. Sutters Mill • The place Where the gold was discovered. • It was owned by a Swiss/ German man named John Sutter. • It was located along the Sacramento River • It was located in Sacramento, California.

  4. The Alamo • The place where the battle of Texas was fought. • The battle was for the independence of Texas. • several people died during this battle. • It is located in San Antonio, Texas

  5. Mexico City • It is located in Mexico • It is a really big city with a population of about 20 million people. • It is one of the wealthiest areas

  6. South pass • Most important land mark on the Oregon trail. • Without this place wagon travel across the continent would have been impossible. • Without it Oregon and California probley would not have became part of the United States.

  7. Beginning of the Trail of Tears <>It forced removal of about twenty thousand Cherokee Indians <>At least 4,000 Cherokee Indians died on the trail as they were moving through the weather without the proper clothing. <>It started in Charleston, Tennessee and ended in Oklahoma

  8. Fort Laramie Fort Laramie in 1876 • It was founded in 1849 when the army purchased the old Fort John and began to build a military post along the Oregon Trail • As tensions between cultures develop Fort Laramie had mounted rifle men out in front of the fort • <>It is located in Goshen County, Wyoming

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