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Pioneer pathways — Enthusiast's guidebook offers adventures for present-day travelers

I have never felt motivated to research or take a trip like this until I read this article. I'm likely going to buy the book, and, well, we'll see.

Nice job, guys.

Have read the book and found it an excellent guide. He is an interesting writer and much of the history comes alive as he tells it. That he and his wife actually traveled the route recently makes it much more valuable as a guide. Can't wait to get out and see some of the sites myself.

This book is a major contribution to the history of the Mormons and their settlement in Utah.

Thanks for all the work and skill that went into producing it.

My wife and I just completed a trip following the Oregon Trail using the Silver Anniversary Edition of Mr. Franzwa's book, THE OREGON TRAIL REVISITED. When Mr. Franzwa says "turn by turn" directions, he means it. Even though the book was revised in 1997, some of the directions are outdated and we got lost several times, but it was still worth it. From Wayne City, near Independence, Mo., where the earliest Oregon Trail travelers got off the boat and made their way to the square in Independence, all the way to Oregon City, we drove 3500 (one way)miles and had the time of our lives. In North Platte, Neb., we stopped for a sandwich in a park and met a Mormon family who was returning to Nauvoo, Il., for a reunion. They said the people of Quincy, Il., were kind to the Mormons back in the mid-19th century, when they took the trail detailed in Mr. Franzwa's book, so Mormons missionarys were traveling to Quincy this summer to help the citizens there recover from this years flooding - a good deed repaid 160 after-the fact.

I have used his books on the Santa Fe Trail and the Oregon Trail, following large portions of each trail. These books are truly great guides to all points of interest; I could not have enjoyed these routes without Franzwa's directions. All trail devotees should have copies of his trail books. My next venture is the Iowa portion of the Mormon Emigrant Trail.

My old curmudgeon friend researches and writes well.
I have his California Trails Book, also.

In the preparation of my upcoming book on the 1851 Oregon Trail migration, I gratefully relied heavily on Greg's previous publications and advice. I'm so pleased that he has added one more reference source for those who share the passion of the saga of those brave pioneers who walked across The Plains to make a new life.

The old man (Gregory) is also one of the founders of the Lincoln Highway Assocation. He is a publisher and opperates Patrice Press. He has a great series on following the Lincoln Highway.