Vanishing Trails Expeditions

Experience first-hand the excitement of America’s westward expansion movement. Follow in the tracks of intrepid pioneers, experience the romance of the fur trade, immerse yourself in our cowboy heritage. Enjoy authentic meals, music, and interpretive programs and even meet some of the larger-than-life characters who contributed to our uniquely American heritage. Your journey of discovery begins here!
- Lewis & Clark Trail - August 6-21, 2010 – Make your own journey of discovery! Follow the entire trail from St. Louis to Astoria on this 16-day learning vacation… More Details
- Arizona Indian Nations
Experience the culture of the Southwestern Native American tribes, beyond the myths and distortions. Observe feast days and dances… More Details - Custer’s Trail
Follow the trail of Custer’s famed 7th Cavalry as they marched out of Fort Abraham Lincoln and into the pages of history… More Details - Lewis & Clark in Montana
Explore what Thomas Jefferson called one of the greatest adventures in American History. Meet mountain men, fur traders, historians… More Details - Lewis & Clark in North & South Dakota
Explore what Thomas Jefferson called one of the greatest adventures in American History. Meet mountain men, fur traders, historians and specialists… More Details - Nevada’s Living Ghost Towns
Nevada’s glittery mining heritage is celebrated each fall with a Ghost Festival in the towns of the mountainous southern border of the state… More Details - Nez Perce National Historic Trail
Follow the trail of the Chief Joseph band of Nez Perce as they conducted an honorable retreat across four states, pausing to fight only when attacked… More Details - Old West Trail - June 18-24, 2011 The romance of the Old West comes alive on this 7 day adventure featuring Historic Deadwood, the Little Big Horn Battlefield, Mount Rushmore, Fort Laramie and other Oregon Trail sites… More Details
- Oregon Trail
Experience the adventure of the greatest peacetime migration in the history of the world. Explore the reasons behind… More Details - Oregon Trail in Nebraska
Pick up the Trail in Omaha, NE and follow the Platte River across Nebraska as the pioneers did in the middle of the 19th century… More Details - Oregon Trail in Wyoming
This Denver gateway programs picks up the trail westward and includes Oregon Trail sites of Fort Laramie, Indepence Rock,… More Details - Santa Fe Trail
Capture the romance and adventure of this exciting American drama as we head the “wagons†westward once again along the Santa Fe Trail!… More Details - Siouxland: The Dakota Conflict
Explore the reasons behind the Sioux Uprising of 1862 – or Dakota Conflict – in present-day Minnesota… More Details - Teddy Roosevelt’s Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt always claimed that he would have never become president without his experiences in his beloved Badlands of the Little Missouri in what was then Dakota Territory… More Details
