Emigrants at the Gates P.O., Custer County
CREATOR Solomon D. Butcher DATE 1886
The emigrant trains to Oregon and California had their origins in the mid-1840s, hitting their peak during the 1850s following the California Gold Rush. After the Civil War, the transcontinental railroad was completed. Some emigrants still came by wagon train, but most of the newcomers arrived by rail.
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