The Great Platte River Road was a major overland travel corridor approximately following the course of the Platte River in present-day Nebraska and Wyoming...

The Platte River (/plæt/) is a major river in the State of Nebraska. It is about 310 mi (500 km) long; measured to its farthest source via its tributary...

99°02′18″W / 40.669747°N 99.038342°W / 40.669747; -99.038342 The Great Platte River Road Archway Monument (also known as The Archway or Kearney Archway)...

19 July 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2011. Mattes, Merrill J. The Great Platte River Road. Bison Books, 1987. ISBN 978-0-8032-8153-0 Pictures of Oregon Trail...

July 19, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011. Mattes, Merrill J. The Great Platte River Road. Bison Books, 1987. ISBN 978-0-8032-8153-0 "The Oregon Trail in...

and Parks Commission. The fort became the eastern anchor of the Great Platte River Road and thus an important military and civilian way station for 20...

north of the Arkansas River and along the South Platte River, the Great Platte River Road, and the eastern portion of the Overland Trail. The United States...

The Great Platte River Road Archway Monument spans Interstate 80 at mile marker 274 and contains exhibits that trace the history of the Great Platte River...

the road west, the Mormon Pioneer Trail. The trail started in Nauvoo, Illinois, traveled across Iowa, connected with the Great Platte River Road at the...

the first African-American Deputy U.S. Marshals west of the Mississippi River mostly working in the deadly Indian Territory. The region was saturated...