{
    "id": "mo-nps-trails",
    "name": "National Historic Trails Through Missouri",
    "description": "National Historic Trails that cross Missouri, with the National Park Service page for each.",
    "page": "https://itsmissouri.com/things-to-do/national-park-sites/",
    "csv": "https://itsmissouri.com/data/downloads/mo-nps-trails.csv",
    "json": "https://itsmissouri.com/data/downloads/mo-nps-trails.json",
    "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "It's Missouri (itsmissouri.com), CC BY 4.0",
    "citation": "It's Missouri (2026). National Historic Trails Through Missouri. https://itsmissouri.com/things-to-do/national-park-sites/",
    "publisher": "It's Missouri",
    "geo_scope": "Missouri, USA",
    "last_checked": "2026-10-30",
    "row_count": 7,
    "columns": [
        "trail",
        "what_it_is",
        "source_url",
        "checked"
    ],
    "column_notes": {
        "trail": "Trail (as printed on the source page; blank means not stated)",
        "what_it_is": "What it is (as printed on the source page; blank means not stated)",
        "source_url": "Page the row was read from",
        "checked": "Date (YYYY-MM-DD) the row was read"
    },
    "rows": [
        {
            "trail": "Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail",
            "what_it_is": "1803-1806 expedition route from Pittsburgh to the Pacific",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/lecl/",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "trail": "Trail of Tears National Historic Trail",
            "what_it_is": "The 1838-1839 forced removal of the Cherokee people; crosses nine states including Missouri",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/trte/",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "trail": "Pony Express National Historic Trail",
            "what_it_is": "The relay mail route between Missouri and California",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/poex/",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "trail": "Santa Fe National Historic Trail",
            "what_it_is": "Freight trade route from western Missouri to Santa Fe",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/safe/",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "trail": "Oregon National Historic Trail",
            "what_it_is": "Emigrant trail of more than 2,000 miles",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/oreg/",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "trail": "California National Historic Trail",
            "what_it_is": "Emigrant trail to California in the 1840s and 1850s",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/cali/",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "trail": "Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail",
            "what_it_is": "1857 stagecoach mail route that begins in Missouri",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/buov/",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        }
    ]
}