Ozark Trail (auto trail)
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The Ozark Trail was a network of locally maintained roads and highways that predated the United States federal highway system. The roads ran from St. Louis, Missouri, to El Paso, Texas, over a series of routes.[1] These roads were maintained by both private citizens and local communities. In one case, however, the US government was directly involved; it built the Ozark Trail Bridge in 1925 over the South Canadian River between Newcastle, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma City, as the first federal highway project built in Oklahoma.[citation needed]
These roads comprised the major highway system in the region until U.S. Highway 66 was built in the 1920s. In Oklahoma, portions of the section-line roads between Anadarko and Hobart are still referred to as "The Old Ozark Trail."
Contemporary online references of the term "Ozark Trail" for this road include:
- A blog from a nearby farm.
- A point on the trail near the confluence of 35°N 99°W / 35°N 99°W.
- A cemetery list that mentions the Ozark Trail as a landmark.
