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When you travel, do you often wonder what happened at "this place" in the past? Who lived here? What were they like? How did they live their daily lives? If that's the case for you, here at Legends of America, you will find content-rich travel destinations of the American West, including Route 66, ghost towns, outlaws, treasure tales, and even a few ghosts that we bump into along the way.

 

Filled with both vintage and current photographs, Legends of America focuses on small out of the way places and hidden attractions that appeal to the nostalgic and historic minded, giving you more than just a paragraph, we will take you there!

 

 

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Oregon Trail - Pathway to the West

 

The Oregon Trail became one of the key migration routes that pioneers crossed on their way to the vast west. Spanning over half the continent the trail proceeded over 2,170 miles west through territories that would later become Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon. The long journey through endless plains, rolling hills, and mountain passes, began in Independence, Missouri and ended at the Columbia River in Oregon.

 

The route of the Oregon Trail began to be scouted as early as 1823 by fur traders and explorers. By the 1830s, it was used regularly by mountain men, traders, missionaries, and military expeditions. At the same time, small groups of individuals and the occasional family attempted to follow the trail, with some succeeding in arriving at Fort Vancouver in Washington.

 

Register Cliff near near Guernsey, Wyoming.On May 16, 1842 the first organized wagon train on the Oregon Trail set out from Elm Grove, Missouri, with more than 100 pioneers. The following year, an estimated 800 immigrants arrived in the Willamette Valley. Hundreds of thousands more would follow, especially after gold was discovered in California in 1849.

 

Scenery along the Oregon Trail in WyomingMany rock formations became famous landmarks that Oregon Trail pioneers used to navigate, as well as leave messages for pioneers following behind them. The first landmarks the pioneers encountered were in Western Nebraska, such as Court House Rock, Chimney Rock, and Scotts Bluff (where wagon ruts can still be seen to this day). Further west, in Wyoming, you can still read the names of pioneers carved into a landmark bluff called Register Cliff.

 

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Flicker Gallery - We're adding up our ghost town photos and more to a new Flicker Gallery. Stay tuned as we continue to add more and expand to Route 66 and the many other places that we've traveled.


More Oregon Treasures - A number of new "nuggets" we've dugs up on possible lost treasures and mines in Oregon.


Columbia, California - Gem of the Southern Mines - An old mining town turned California State Park today, Columbia once had a population of over 5,000 people. Between 1850 and the early 1900s, about $150 million in gold was removed from the hills surrounding Columbia.


20th Century American History - Moving out of the days of the Wild West, the 20th Century in United States history moved beyond a gunfighter, mining, homesteading, and outlaw mentality to becoming an industrialized nation and onwards to a world superpower. As Legends of America expands its historical perspective into a new era, these topics and numerous others will be expanded upon.


Bunches of New Custom Postcards - Numerous new custom postcards that you can only find at the Rocky Mountain General Store. Available individually, in bulk, or wholesale.

 

Greetings From Alaska Postcard  Greetings From California  Route 66 is Open  Good Old Days Postcard


Brookville Hotel, Brookville, KansasBrookville, Kansas - Another Crazy Cowtown - For a time, Brookville was the last station west of Salina on the Kansas Pacific Railway, making it an important cattle shipping point as cattle were driven northward from Indian Territory and Texas along the Chisholm Trail to be loaded on freight cars headed east.

 


From the Rocky Mountain General Store

 

Custom Postcards - Legends of America and the Rocky Mountain General Store introduces our own line of custom postcards. Utilizing original graphic designs and our own photographs, these postcards are exclusive and can only be found here! To see this new and expanding collection, click HERE!

 

Custom Arizona Postcard  Custom Postcards   Custom Route 66 Postcard  Custom Old West Postcard  

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