The California - Oregon Trail

The California - Oregon Trail (HMVYH)

Location: St Joseph, MO 64501 Buchanan County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 45.978', W 94° 51.65'

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1840s & 1850s

Each spring thousands of emigrants camped in these hills and meadows waiting for new grass to support their teams along the trail. Wagons lined St. Joseph streets to the east waiting for two to three days to be ferried from this point. The settlers faced up to five months of hardships, sickness and danger in a trip beyond the protection of the U.S. Government. In the 1840s and 50s, hundreds of thousands of emigrants followed the St. Joe Road west seeking homesteads or gold on the California and Oregon trails.

As the Western expansion continued, St. Joseph became a major wholesale and business center.
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HM NumberHMVYH
Series This marker is part of the California Trail series, and the Oregon Trail series.
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Date Added Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 at 8:41pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 340614 N 4403475
Decimal Degrees39.76630000, -94.86083333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 45.978', W 94° 51.65'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 45' 58.68" N, 94° 51' 39.00" W
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Area Code(s)816
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 104 Francis St, St Joseph MO 64501, US
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