The first and oldest version is set in the late 19th century when settlers were traveling through the area.
After enough settlers traveled to the island the industry became prosperous.
An estimated 350,000 to 400,000 settlers traveled on the trail through Wyoming between 1841 and 1868.
Early settlers traveled between the islands by canoe using traditional stick charts.
He was assigned to fight the native Americans in the far west and to protect settlers traveling west during this period.
This flatboat is available for any visitors to tour and view how early settlers would travel the river to their destinations.
As the story goes, the settlers were travelling looking for a suitable place to settle down when it started raining.
To protect settlers traveling to the American west the army set up camps and forts along the favored routes.
In 1843 alone, over one thousand settlers traveled the vast plains and mountains to make their home in Oregon.
The mills provided supplies to western settlers traveling along the Mullan Road.