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has gloss | eng: The Emigrant Trail is the name collectively applied to the network of wagon trails throughout the American West during the middle 19th century, used by emigrants from the eastern United States to settle lands west of Rocky Mountains. The term specifically applies to three interrelated routes: the Oregon Trail, Mormon Trail, and California Trail. An estimated 500,000 emigrants used these trails from 1843-1869, with up to one-tenth dying along the way, usually due to disease. |
lexicalization | eng: Emigrant Trail |
instance of | c/Forest Service Byways |
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