Western Historic Trails Center - Council Bluffs, IA
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gparkes
N 41° 13.737 W 095° 52.782
15T E 258639 N 4568172
Perhaps the best location to start a trek west!
Waymark Code: WM6ND3
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 06/25/2009
Views: 14
Excellent museum for anyone interested in the westward expansion trails. Great overview for all trails, really gives someone some excellent information to start their trip.
A very interesting sculpture is outside the museum looks sinceless, but be sure to ask about it. It is the topographical plot that the trans-contental railroad took. After traveling the eastern half of the Oregon Trail, the railroad paralleled the majority of the trail.
Road of Trail Name: California. Oregon and Mormon trails
State: Iowa
County: Pottawattamie County
Historical Significance:
The site provides context to the trails and the sites along them.
Years in use: 1840 - 1880
How you discovered it:
I have been studying the trails and westward expansion. Finding the museum was due in large part of finding the National Parks Passport Stamp.
Website Explination:
http://www.lewisandclarktrail.org/section1/iowacities/CouncilBluffs/WesternHistoricTrailsCenter/index.htm
Why?:
Westward expansion - Mormon Pioneer trail to Utah for religions freedom, the California trail to California, and the Oregon trail for Oregon. Each trail offered these settlers a new beginning.
Directions:
3434 Richard Downing Ave
Council Bluffs, IA 51501-7962
Book on Wagon Road or Trial: Not listed
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