Positive Memories - Trails

As Weekend Ramblers, my husband and I have visited these trails a time or two and compiled the list we have been on for my positivity journal this month. They are shown in my corresponding YouTube video here at time 1:40. How many have you traveled on? When we homeschooled, we would take a field trip on the weekends to find and read historical markers as enrichment material. You can find many of them listed on this website.  My husband and I joined the KCAHTA last year to learn more about the Historic Trails in our area. 

Boone's Lick Trail -- if you wish to read more about Daniel Boone, click here. 

Butterfield Overland Mail Route 

Denver-Canadian-Dallas highway - read about Postle, Oklahoma, a tiny town on this early road

California Trail

Lewis and Clark - you may read about George Sibley, who was in charge of Fort Osage on the Missouri River. 

Military Road from Ft. Leavenworth to Ft. Scott, Kansas

Oregon Trail

Pony Express Route - you may wish to read about Alexander Majors. 

Santa Fe Trail or National Frontier Trails Center

Trail of Death 

Trail of Tears 

My husband collects tack pins and patches from each of the trails he and I have touched down on as a memento of the experience.  This first batch of pins is from the Lewis & Clark Trail. The second are from (left to right) Santa Fe Trail, the Oregon Trail, the California Trail, the Mormon Trail, the Trail of Tears, the Continental Divide Trail and the Grizzly Trail.  The patches are from the Lewis & Clark Trail and the rest are from various other trails.