Route of Marcy Trail

This overland route, blazed in 1849 by energetic and efficient Army Captain R. B. Marcy, was best known as part of the California Gold Trail. Starting in Oklahoma, Marcy led an expedition across the Texas Panhandle and back through central ...

Route of Marcy’s Trail

Mapped by Captain Randolph B Marcy in charge of U.S. Army detail guarding citizens bound for California Gold Rush.

Captain Marcy exploded theory that West Texas was a desert. In making his map, he traveled along a chain of springs ...