Each year there is an Old West Trail Conference aimed at promoting tourism in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and Nebraska.

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Its aim, says the Old West Trail Association, is to preserve the colorful history of the Old West Trail country. But it also utilizes modern marketing techniques because "we need new ways to show the Old West."

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