There are some historical trails with which we are all familiar, such as the Chisholm Trail, the Mormon Pioneer Trail, and the Oregon Trail. It is amazing to think that people could look at a vast unbroken prairie and follow it to a common location.
The Native American trails helped the Colonists go between one community to another and quickly widened into true roads taking carts and wagons full of goods to sell and trade between the towns.
The Mormon Pioneer Trail Followed the Oregon Trail for a short distance and broke away to follow its own path to the Salt Lake Valley. Braddock's Trail was initially begun by George Washington then was later broadened by Gen. Braddock and became the first "superhighway" used for settling the Alleghenies, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and other points to the west.
