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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.
Old Spanish Trail (trade route) (1 C, 73 P) R. Roads on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada (4 P) Pages in category "Historic trails and roads in Nevada"
Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes US 6: 305.647: 491.891 US 6 on California state line towards Benton, Calif. US 6 / US 50 on Utah state line towards Delta, Utah: 1937: current US 40 — — US 40 on California state line near Verdi: US 40 on Utah state line in West Wendover: 1926: 1975 [1] Route corridor supplanted by I-80: US 50
Shows the Colorado River above Ehrenburg, Arizona to Stones Ferry at the mouth of the Virgin River; in Southern California, parts of Nevada, and Arizona. Includes the roads and railroads of the time, including the detailed routes of the Bradshaw Trail and the Mojave Road and the Old Spanish Trail / Old Mormon Road to Salt Lake City, from Los ...
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 ...
The Southern Emigrant Trail was a major land route for immigration into California from the eastern United States that followed the Santa Fe Trail to New Mexico during the California Gold Rush. Unlike the more northern routes, pioneer wagons could travel this route year-round, as the mountain passes were not blocked by snows.
Nevada Organic Act, March 2, 1861 [1] Western 53 miles of the Utah Territory is transferred to the Territory of Nevada, July 14, 1862; Nevada Enabling Act, March 21, 1864 [2] State of Nevada since 1864 Nevada Statehood, October 31, 1864 [3] Another 53 miles of western Utah Territory is transferred to the State of Nevada, May 5, 1866
The Aztecs of Central Mexico: An Imperial Society. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston 1982. Ross Hassig, Aztec Warfare, University of Oklahoma Press (1995). Ian Heath, Armies of the Aztec and Inca Empires, and other native peoples of the Americas, and the Conquistadores 1450–1608, Foundry Books (1999), pp 50–51.