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501:San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line
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376:Stockton - Los Angeles Road
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462:Frankstown, Pennsylvania
343:San Antonio-El Paso Road
321:, to southern California
689:National Historic Trail
449:St. Joseph Indian Trail
439:Natchitoches, Louisiana
358:Southern Emigrant Trail
294:Walla Walla, Washington
263:Jackson's Military Road
209:established 1759, from
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529:Sacramento, California
525:Saint Joseph, Missouri
493:First ride to lay out
246:on the lower Tombigbee
193:Milledgeville, Georgia
157:Stratford, Connecticut
76:Virginia City, Montana
224:Mississippi Territory
152:completed 1696, from
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319:Santa Fe, New Mexico
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161:Nichols, Connecticut
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338:Ozark Trail
286:Mullan Road
271:New Orleans
207:Forbes Road
181:, Tennessee
175:Chattanooga
787:incomplete
648:Texas Road
616:South Pass
611:Raton Pass
596:Lemhi Pass
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495:Post Road
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211:Fort Pitt
179:Knoxville
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694:Route 66
683:See also
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