Ozark Trails

The Ozark Trails apparently were an extensive network of highways throughout the states of Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico, rather than a single route designed to connect one place with another. To give the necessary structure to the description below, I have chosen to call the route from St Louis to El Paso the main line, and all the other routes branches. This is an arbitrary decision on my part -- I chose these cities since they are the northeasternmost and southwesternmost points in a system generally oriented northeast-to-southwest -- and so if any information about primary and secondary branches of the Ozark Trails is available, I would like to know about it.

Termini:

St Louis and El Paso

Cities along main line:

Missouri: St Louis, Rolla, Cabool, Springfield, Joplin
Oklahoma: Narcissa, Vinita, Tulsa, Sapulpa, Cushing, Guthrie, Oklahoma City, Norman, Chickasha, Lawton, Altus
Texas: Parnell, Farwell
New Mexico: Clovis, Roswell, Alamogordo
Texas: El Paso

Cities along branches:

Branch 1:

Missouri: Cabool, West Plains
Arkansas: Walnut Ridge
Tennessee: Memphis

Branch 2:

Missouri: Joplin, Goodman
Arkansas: Gravette
Oklahoma: Westville, Muskogee

Branch 3:

Missouri: Goodman
Arkansas: Bentonville, Fayetteville

Branch 4:

Oklahoma: Narcissa
Kansas: Galena, Pittsburg, Fort Scott
Missouri: Kansas City

Branch 5:

Oklahoma: Tulsa, Delaware
Kansas: Coffeyville, Iola, Ottawa
Missouri: Kansas City

Branch 6:

Oklahoma: Sapulpa, Chandler, Meeker, Shawnee, Stratford, Sulphur, Duncan, Lawton

Branch 7:

Oklahoma: Stratford, Atoka, Antlers

Branch 8:

Oklahoma: Chickasha, Hobart
Texas: Quail, Amarillo
New Mexico: Tucumcari, Santa Rosa, Vaughn, Lucy, Albuquerque

Branch 9:

New Mexico: Santa Rosa, Las Vegas

Branch 10:

New Mexico: Lucy, Socorro

Branch 11:

New Mexico: Roswell, Carlsbad
Texas: Pecos

Connections existed between:

Joplin and Pittsburg
Gravette and Bentonville
Westville and Fayetteville
Narcissa and Delaware
Vinita and Gravette
Cushing and Chandler
Oklahoma City and Chandler
Oklahoma City and Meeker
Oklahoma City and Chickasha
Parnell and Quail

Back to the list of National Trails. Last Updated October 26, 1998