Backroads USA

The story of the Mohawk Trail is deeply imbedded in the history of the United States. For many years it served as a main trade route for indigenous Atlantic tribes. As European settlement expanded in the early days of America, the Mohawk Trail began to change as the country itself changed. Tap into one of America's richest springs of historical significance with a journey down the Mohawk Trail.

To this day, the resonance of music born of and inspired by the Mississippi Delta still clings thickly to the air like dew on morning leaves as you travel along and experience Highway 61, otherwise known as "The Blues Highway." Travel north from New Orleans to Memphis and unwind time back to a day where Americas' roots were still taking shape.

Beginning along the Missouri River, the trek west along the Oregon Trail was no easy task for the pioneers of early America. As the boundaries of the country broadened during the nineteenth century, hundreds of thousands of Americans fixed their gaze westward with dreams of a fresh start. Hitch up your wagon and travel along one of the most unique historic trails of the American experience.

Route 50, stretching cross country from California to Maryland, is explored in this episode.