Overland Trail Roads & Rails - Wagon Roads and Trails on Waymarking.com

I found the following Kaibab Forest Overland Road Historic Trail brochure published in 1990.

The life span of the Overland Road was short lived primarily due to hostile Apaches and the rock covered plateau it crossed. Never the less after the prospectors raced off to the next big strike parts of the route continued in other ways. The corridor became a major livestock driveway over which huge herds of sheep and cattle were driven between summer and winter ranges. This livestock driveway is still in use today primarily with sheep. Narrow gauge railroads serving mills in Garland Prairie and Williams also used the route to haul logs out of the area's extensive forests.

Road of Trail Name: Overland Road State: Arizona County: Coconino Historical Significance: The road opened up large areas of the Arizona territory. Years in use: 1863 to 1882 How you discovered it: The Kaibab National Forest developed several trailheads and I began hiking the road. Website Explination: http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/kai/recreation/trails/wil_overland.shtml http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/kai/recreation/trails/handouts/wil_overland.pdf Why?: Portions of the road were developed for use as a stage route and logging railroads. Directions: Exit I-40 at milepost 178 then south on Forest Road 141 and follow FS signs to the Trailheads. Book on Wagon Road or Trial: Not listed

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