Going to Stu's funeral I roughly followed the trails, The Nebraska City Ft Kearny roughly was along the same line as I-80 to Grand Island, then I crossed the Platte and followed the Mormon Trail to where we turned south at Ogallala. After I got my pick-up at the rest stop I took US 30 aka The Lincoln Highway( also the Morman Trail and the original UP and the telly'graph) to Dalton's house, then went back on I-80 to home.
We lived for 13 years in the other house we rented on a cattle trail for those steers driven to the UP instead of the KP in 72-74, not as well a known trial, had two branches, Teddy Blue went at least once up the west branch, I was on the east. Can take you to where Teddy Blue's folks settled, I traced it down, a convent there now, about 5 miles from my house.