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Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail - Eleven States: , ID,IL,IA,KS,MO,MT,NE,ND,OR,SD,WA | |
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Between May 1804 and September 1806, 31 men, one woman, and a baby traveled from the plains of the Midwest to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. They called themselves the Corps of Discovery. In their search for a water route to the Pacific Ocean, they opened a window onto the west for the young United States. |
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Lincoln Home National Historic Site - Springfield, IL | |
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Abraham Lincoln left his home of seventeen years to serve as president of a nation on the verge of Civil War. Though he never returned to his beloved Springfield, the home he left behind survives today as a tribute to his extraordinary life as a husband, father, lawyer, and the political leader who guided the nation through difficult times. |
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Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail - Various States, IL,IA,NE,UT,WY | |
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Led by Brigham Young, roughly 70,000 Mormons traveled along the Mormon Trail from 1846 to 1869 in order to escape religious persecution. The Pioneer Company of 1846-1847 established a route from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Salt Lake City, Utah, covering about 1,300 miles that would include construction of new ferries and bridges, and the placement of markers for others to follow. |
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Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail - AL,AR,GA,IL,KY,MO,NC,OK,TN | |
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Come on a journey to remember and commemorate the survival of the Cherokee people despite their forced removal from their homelands in the Southeastern United States in the 1830s. |