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Short title: CALImap1; Date and time of digitizing: 11:57, 18 May 2015: File change date and time: 11:57, 18 May 2015: Software used: Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 (Macintosh)
California State Route 99; California State Route 154; California Trail; Carson Trail; Central Overland Route; Conejo Grade; Cooke's Wagon Road; Cottonwood Creek (Kern County) County Line Road (Santa Clara–Stanislaus counties, California)
Lassen was the leader of a Wagon train from Missouri to California. The Wagon train included 12 covered wagons full of emigrants heading west, some part of the California Gold Rush. The Lassen Emigrant Trail was used from 1848 to 1853 by large groups of prospectors. Indian wars started along the trail so emigrants started to use other trails.
Joseph R. Walker (December 13, 1798 – October 27, 1876) was a mountain man and experienced scout.He established the segment of the California Trail, the primary route for the emigrants to the gold fields during the California gold rush, from Fort Hall, Idaho to the Truckee River.
Whitney organized the first comprehensive survey of California, and the first complete topographic maps of the state were completed under him. Mount Whitney, the tallest peak in California is named after him. The State Mining Bureau was established in 1880, and the position of State Geologist was changed to State Mineralogist.
Warner's Ranch, near Warner Springs, California, was notable as a way station for large numbers of emigrants on the Southern Emigrant Trail from 1849 to 1861, as it was a stop on both the Gila River Trail and the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line (1859-1861). It was also operated as a pioneering cattle ranch.
The median sale price of a home in Los Feliz was $1.9 million in April, up 2.4% since last year, according Pee-wee's Pad Is Up For Grabs — Iconic LA Home Is For Sale For Nearly $5 Million Skip ...
Mormon Road, also known to the 49ers as the Southern Route, of the California Trail in the Western United States, was a seasonal wagon road pioneered by a Mormon party from Salt Lake City, Utah led by Jefferson Hunt, that followed the route of Spanish explorers and the Old Spanish Trail across southwestern Utah, northwestern Arizona, southern Nevada and the Mojave Desert of California to Los ...