We will travel portions of the Oregon California Trail, the Jeffery/Goodale Cutoff, the Kelton Road, and trails used by stagecoaches, freighters and drovers. . These trails still have in places evidence of the thousands of wagon wheels and hoof prints needed to move America West.
By traveling these famous trails by horse and wagon we hope to provide a chance for teamsters and horsemen, as well as any one else, to visit these historic locations. It will also be an opportunity for teamsters, out riders and wagon riders to experience, however modernized, the determination it took to travel through unfamiliar country in order to reach a new beginning.
Horses, Mules and Oxen were the power to move those hardy pioneers across this wonderful state of Idaho. Today America travels at speeds per hour that our predecessors traveled per week. We are offering a chance to slow back down to three or four miles per hour and let the world know that life doesn’t need to be traveled at such a frantic pace.
Bring your cameras and
the grand kids and let them experience some of what our hardy ancestors may
have had to live through. With today’s graded roads, and the ability to send
a car to the closest convenience store for a cold drink and a bag of ice, it
won't be quite the same. BUT the probability of it being the same in the
years to come will in all likelihood disappear just as the pioneer trails
have faded away. Modern wagons on rubber tires and springs will smooth the
trails but bring your tent, a bedroll, and some camping gear and rough it
for a while. The travel and camping schedule has been finalized. See you out on the trail.
Trail Etiquette and Precautions
