Trails leading in all directions

There are many trails that take off and go different directions from the Oregon Trail.
It all began with the Oregon Trail however. The Mormon Trail is one of those.
On April 5, 1847 Mormon Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints, leader Brigham Young headed a train of wagons west.
There were 72 wagons and 148 brave followers to leave on the Mormon Pioneer Trail. Present day Omaha, Nebraska was their winter quarters, they were heading west towards the Great Salt Lake Valley, and an uncertain future.
The Mormons followed the Oregon Trail that so many pioneers had traveled. At the end they would make use of the Hastings Cutoff into the Salt Lake Valley. Their journey across the huge sprawling desert, now Neberska and Wyoming, was a tribute to the determination and organization of the Mormons. The Latter Day Saints were also the first group of emigrants who settled in Utah.
Ultimately, some 70,000 Saints would come to the Salt Lake Valley.
What is refered to as the Mormon Trail is 1297 miles long.
The interesting part of the trails, is the fact that the wheel marks can still be seen today after all of these years. So deep are the ruts that the grass and brush do not cover the wheel marks.