This road to the West was known by many names. It was called the Oregon Trail, the California Trail, the Platte Trail, and the Mormon Trail by people who traveled it. It was primarily an emigrant trail. However, the Oregon Trail was also used by the Army, and stagecoaches and the Pony Express Route part of the trail. 1827 Sublettes Trace, pioneered in the winter, was retraced by fur trade party in the spring. This pathway, with some variations, became the Independence OregonCalifornia Trail. 1827 Kansa Agency was established on the Kansas River, some four miles below the Grasshoppers Delawares mouth. From up to 1838, this was the crossing point for Sublettes Trace travelers. 1829 Sublettes packtrain, en route West by way of Independence, Missouri for the first time traveled out the Santa Fe Trail some distance before turning northwest toward the Kansas river. This became the established OregonCalifornia trail route.

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