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Avenue of Rocks, southwest of Casper, Wyoming, May 2023. 170 years ago, this was the main route connecting east and west as part of the Oregon and California Trails, now bypassed and forgotten

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The Santa Fe Trail as it passes Point of Rocks in the Cimarron National Grasslands, extreme southwest Kansas, June 2023, used from 1820's to 1870's. While the Cimarron Cutoff became the favored branch of the trail (short-cut by 100 miles), it was notoriously dry and subject to raids.

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Avenue of Rocks, southwest of Casper, Wyoming, May 2023. 170 years ago, this was the main route connecting east and west as part of the Oregon and California Trails, now bypassed and forgotten	160
The Santa Fe Trail as it passes Point of Rocks in the Cimarron National Grasslands, extreme southwest Kansas, June 2023, used from 1820's to 1870's. While the Cimarron Cutoff became the favored branch of the trail (short-cut by 100 miles), it was notoriously dry and subject to raids.	62