Tags: Nebraska
California National Historic Trail
Established: August 3, 1992 Managing Nonprofit: Oregon-California Trails Association Managing Agency: National Park Service The California National Historic Trail follows in the footsteps (and wagon ruts) of more than 250,000 emigrants who made their way across the continental United States during the 1840s…
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
Established: November 10, 1978 Managing Nonprofit: Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Lewis and Clark Trust Managing Agency: National Park Service The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail follows the historic routes traveled by the Lewis and Clark Expedition between 1803 and 1806…
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
Established: November 10, 1978 Managing Nonprofit: Mormon Trails Association Managing Agency: National Park Service Driven out of Missouri in 1838, early Mormons settled along the Missouri River in Illinois. The community they established was called “Nauvoo,” which is a Hebrew word meaning “beautiful…
Oregon National Historic Trail
Established: November 10, 1978 Managing Nonprofit: Oregon-California Trails Association Managing Agency: National Park Service In 1803, the Louisiana Purchase pushed the US border west of the Mississippi River for the first time, nearly doubling the size of the country. But the wilderness known as…
Pony Express National Historic Trail
Established: August 3, 1992 Managing Nonprofit: National Pony Express Association Managing Agency: National Park Service Founded in April 1860, the legendary Pony Express ran for only 18 months before it was rendered irrelevant by the installation of a transcontinental telegraph. Today, the Pony…
Les Vilda
Les Vilda does not regurgitate history, he lives it! His 8 programs cover life on the trails and the colorful encounters one might have expected.
