Traces the history of the following trade and travel routes: the Mohawk Trail, the Wilderness Road and Other Trans-Appalachian Routes, the Mississippi Route, The Santa Fe Trail and the Chihuahua Trail, The Oregon Trail and the California Trail.
Explores the trade routes followed by Native Americans, trappers, and traders between the late sixteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, looks at the types of goods traded, and includes illustrations, photographs, and maps.