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California National Historic Trail During the Gold Rush, new jumping-off places were developed further up the Missouri River such as this one at St Joseph, Missouri to shorten
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Visitors at Alcove Spring along the Blue River in Northeastern Kansas.

Did You Know?
Emigrants often camped for days at Alcove Spring in Northeastern Kansas as they waited for Spring floods to subside. The location was very peacful and had good water and grass for livestock. The ill-fated Donner & Reed wagon train had their first casualty here in 1846 when Sarah Keys died.
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Last Updated: December 05, 2011 at 11:37 MST