It is the representation of the end of a way of life, and the birth of the modern era. Which was the ending of the native american's freedom and the birth of industrialization and expansion in the west.
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It Signifies the end of the long wars between whites and Natives as the nations lost it became the end of the trail.
From 1867-1881, Abilene, Kansas was the northern terminus. As railroad lines were built southward, the trail's end moved to Newton, Kansas, then Wichita, Kansas. From 1883-1887, Caldwell, Kansas was the end of the trail. Ellsworth, Kansas also held importance to the trail.
The Goodnight Loving trail started somewhere in Texas and ended somewhere in Colorado
After a 2200 mile journey the trail of tears ended in Oklahoma.
Native Americans in the Southeast were forced to move west of the Mississippi River after the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This forced migration is commonly known as the Trail of Tears.