• of westward expansion. Three of the Missouri-based routes—the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails—were collectively known as the Emigrant Trails. Historians...
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  • Look up cut off or cutoff in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cutoff or cut off or cut-off may refer to: Cut Off, Louisiana, a town in the US Cutoff, Georgia...
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    Westport, Kansas City, Missouri (category Oregon Trail)
    origin of West Port and boomed. West Port became a gateway to the westward expansion trails through Kansas Territory, and for border ruffians into Bleeding...
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  • Seeing the elephant (category Oregon Trail)
    Civil War, the 1849 Gold Rush, and the Westward Expansion Trails (Oregon Trail, California Trail, Mormon Trail). During the 20th century the phrase faded...
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    Oregon-California Trails Association preserves, protects and shares the histories of emigrants who followed these trails westward. Canadian frontier...
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    Emigrant Trail California Historical Landmark, No.678 is on California State Route 36 west of Westwood, California. Westward Expansion Trails California...
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    Scottsbluff and Gering, Nebraska. Beginning in 1851, two of the Westward Expansion Trails passed through the gap, as did the Pony Express in the early 1860s...
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    endeavor and pursuit of manifest destiny provided a strong impetus for westward expansion in the 19th century. The United States began expanding beyond North...
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    history of the United States from 1815 to 1849 was the period of westward expansion in America. The spread of democracy opened the ballot box to nearly...
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  • the American Civil War travelers continued to migrate westward along the Westward Expansion Trails. When the Shoshone, along with the Utes participated...
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