~ EXPLORATION ~ TRAVEL ~
~ TRANSPORTATION ~
Notice the
early version of the Bar-B-Que grill at the left
A more
luxurious travel was by stagecoach if you could stand the close quarters, smell
and conversation of your fellow travelers
......... 
Many travelers made their way by foot and horseback on the Chisolm
Trail.
Then came the
opening of the transcontinental railroad
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- 1804 - Lewis & Clark begin exploring the American northwest
- 1805 - Lewis & Clark reach the Pacific Ocean
- 1806 - Explorer Zebulon Pike is sent west to descend the Red River
- 1811 - The building of the first U.S. federal highway, the National Road
begins in Maryland
- 1817 - The construction of the Erie Canal begins in NY state
- 1818 - Sir John ross sails in search of the Northwest Passage
- 1820 - Stephen H Long explores the Rocky Mountain region
- 1821 - The original Sante Fe Trail
- 1825 - Mountain man James Bridger discovers the Great Salt Lake
- 1827 - Mountan man Jedediah Smith pioneers an overland route to California
- 1842 - Explorer John C Fremont begins surveying the Oregon Trail
- 1843 - First Oregon Trail travelers
- 1845 - Sir John Franklin leads an ill-fated expedition in search of the
Northwest Passage
- 1846 - The Donner party dies on the California Trail
- 1849 - The new Sante Fe Trail
- 1850 - The first railroad travel lines are laid
- 1860 - The Pony Express begins
- 1869 - The transcontinental railroad is completed at Promontory Point,
Utah
- 1897 - The first U.S. subway opens in Boston
