Looking at the Overland Trail

The Route and the Ride

The Overland Trail--the route
Map of the Overland Trail in Colorado and Wyoming
Map of the trail from LaPorte to Virginia Dale, Larimer County, Colorado
Distances between the stations from Julesburg to Fort Bridger
The Concord Coach
"Overland to California: 1861" Mark Twain
"Cruel and Unusual Punishment:" Travel by Coach
"What Torture It Must Have Been" An original poem written after visiting abandoned stage stations along the Overland Trail in Wyoming, June 2001
Overnight travel in a coach: "The Impossible Dream!"
Cost of Goods and Supplies in and around Denver, 1865.
Hints for the Traveler
The Six-Horse Hitch: Wheelers, Swings, and Leaders

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