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A sentence in Hastings' guidebook briefly describes the cutoff: The most direct route, for the California emigrants, would be to leave the Oregon route, about two hundred miles east from Fort Hall; thence bearing West Southwest, to the Salt Lake; and thence continuing down to the bay of St. Francisco, by the route just described.
The route explores portions of the California Trail and Hastings Cutoff. Also a Utah Scenic Backway. [15] [75] I Smithsonian Butte National Back Country Byway: Utah: 9 14 Main Street and UT 59 near Apple Valley: Bridge Road and UT 9 in Rockville: Route travels through the Virgin River floodplain, piñon-juniper forests, and sagebrush
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 November 2024. American explorer (1819–1870) Lansford Hastings Born Lansford Warren Hastings 1819 (1819) Mount Vernon, Ohio Died 1870 (1871) (aged 51) St. Thomas, Virgin Islands Occupation(s) lawyer, writer and adventurer Known for developer of the Hastings Cutoff Spouse Charlotte Toler Lansford ...
From Ely the route is approximated today by the roads to Ibapah, Utah, Callao, Utah, Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Fairfield, Utah to Salt Lake City, Utah (See: Pony Express Map [3] and Pony Express auto route [20]) The Central Overland Route was about 280 miles (450 km) shorter than the 'standard' California Trail Humboldt River route.
To promote his new route (the "Hastings Cutoff"), Lansford Hastings sent riders to deliver letters to traveling migrants. On July 12, the Reeds and Donners were given one. [ 29 ] Hastings warned the migrants they could expect opposition from the Mexican authorities in California and advised them to band together in large groups.
Oxford, Charlton police urge caution during Route 20 construction--and warn of high fines for speeding in work zones.
July 31, 1846: James Reed writes "Hastings Cutoff is said to be a saving of 350 or 400 miles (640 km) and a better route. The rest of the Californians went the long route, feeling afraid of Hastings' cutoff. But Mr. Bridger informs me that it is a fine, level road with plenty of water and grass.
The monument (CHL No. 441) in Burnt Wagons, California, marking the site where the group killed their oxen and burned their wagonsThe Death Valley '49ers were a group of pioneers from the Eastern United States that endured a long and difficult journey during the late 1840s California Gold Rush to prospect in the Sutter's Fort area of the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada in California.