This file includes research materials compiled by Katie Armitage about the Oregon and California Trails, particularly in preparation for her historical tours. The file includes pamphlets about Nebraska state parks, Independence, Missouri, forts and trails in Kansas, Oregon Trails, Oregon and Santa Fe Trails in Lawrence, Oregon Trail geology in Kansas, Oregon National Historic Trail, Crate's Point, Oregon-California Trails Association, Shawnee County, Serenata Farms, Fort Hays, Hollenberg Station, Rock Creek Station, and Madonna of the Trail Monument; postcards; tour outlines; newspaper clippings; photocopies of academic publications; photocopies of early 20th-century newspapers; articles written by Armitage; talking points by Armitage; maps; photographs of Oregon and California Trail sites; and fliers for Armitage's tours.