As the pioneers travelled west, they often ran into Indians.
It came up surprisingly fast, not a sensation that pioneers traveling for months and months across country were likely to have felt often.
The pair of rock formations served as a landmark along the trails for many pioneers traveling west in the 19th century.
The lost pioneers had now been traveling across the desert for about two months since leaving the Old Spanish Trail.
Because of the threat of Native American attacks, the road was so dangerous that most pioneers traveled well armed.
The pioneers traveled a half-mile farther and camped for the night, having made eight and one-quarter miles today.
From its establishment in 1826, Washington was an important stop on the rugged Southwest Trail for pioneers traveling to Texas.
Because the Ohio River flowed westwardly, it became a convenient means of westward movement by pioneers traveling from western Pennsylvania.
In most West Indian immigrant families, the women are the pioneers, traveling here alone to find domestic work, settle into new lives and then send for their families.
The Oregon Trail was a key overland migration route on which pioneers traveled across the North American continent in wagons.