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The Old Spanish Trail (Spanish: Viejo Sendero Español) is a historical trade route that connected the northern New Mexico settlements of (or near) Santa Fe, New Mexico with those of Los Angeles, California and southern California. Approximately 700 mi (1,100 km) long, the trail ran through areas of high mountains, arid deserts, and deep canyons.
9700 South Buffalo Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 89178 Coordinates 36°00′54″N 115°16′05″W / 36.01500°N 115.26806°W / 36.01500; -115
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The first non-Native American crossing Las Vegas Springs was Raphael Rivera in 1829. He was the Mexican scout for the expedition of Antonio Armijo who pioneered the Old Spanish Trail between New Mexico and California. [7] Later, American traveler John C. Fremont and Kit Carson camped at the springs in 1844. [2]
Mountain Springs Summit was the mountain pass taken by this route over the Spring Mountains between the Pahrump Valley and the Las Vegas Springs in the Las Vegas Valley on the Old Spanish Trail. [3]: 265–270 After 1848 it was followed by wagon trains on the Mormon Road, traveling between Southern California and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mountain Springs Summit [el. 5,502 ft (1,677 m)] is a mountain pass in the Spring Mountains of Southern Nevada in the United States.. The pass is on the summit of a ridge in the Spring Mountains between the Mount Charleston area and the rest of the Mojave Desert and is located on the border of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
Tecopa Road / Old Spanish Trail Highway – Tecopa: Former Old Spanish Trail alignment [14] Nye 0.000–37.032: Pahrump: 53.036: 85.353: SR 372 west (Charles Brown Highway) / Crawford Way – Shoshone, Death Valley: Bell Vista Avenue – Death Valley: To SR 127 / SR 190 west 80.325: 129.271: US 95 – Las Vegas, Tonopah, Reno