The Mormon Trail, Oregon Trail, Pony Express, and California Trails likely overlap because they all
a) followed the same rivers westward
b) were traveled by people of the same faith
c) helped communications between East and West
d) followed the route of the railroad lines leading out of St. Louis
a) followed the same rivers westward
By using your knowledge of American geography you know that the Missouri and Platte Rivers flow to the east-southeast into the Mississippi River. In the days before cross-country roads and accurate overland maps, those venturing westward would likely have followed the same rivers westward. Lewis and Clark did this back in the early 1800s.
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