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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)
The Beckwourth Trail (est. 1850 by James Beckwourth) [107] left the Truckee River Route at Truckee Meadows (now the site of Sparks, Nevada) and proceeded north along roughly the route of Stanford Way to Wedekind Road to U.S. Route 395 before crossing the Sierra on what is now California State Route 70 at 5,221 feet (1,591 m) Beckwourth Pass.
This route in the Tricorner Region of California and Nevada travels through rugged terrain perfect for wildlife viewing. Following portions of the California Trail, historical buildings and evidence of emigrant life remain along the route, testifying of early settlers' trials on the frontier. [6] I Big Sheep Creek Back Country Byway: Montana: 51 82
The California Department of Transportation's California State Rail Modernization Plan (2023 Draft) [8] integrates the High-Speed Rail system into its long-range passenger rail plan. The map to the right shows how the HSR system will provide connections to long distance (Amtrak) as well as commuter rail services at the north and south ends of ...
A northern route was usually called the California Trail. [1] Map of Marcy's Itineraries. Note the northern and southern 1849 trails through Texas. [2] The California Road followed the route laid out by Captain Randolph B. Marcy escorting gold seekers during the spring of 1849.
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)
Recommended state highway system, 1896. The first state road was authorized on March 26, 1895, by the California State Legislature when it enacted a law which created the post of "Lake Tahoe Wagon Road Commissioner" to maintain the Lake Tahoe Wagon Road (the 1852 Johnson's Cut-off of the California Trail), now US 50 from Smith Flat — 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Placerville — to the Nevada ...
Samuel J. Hensley, returning to California in the summer of 1848, led a pack train of ten men on a quest to get back to the California Trail. After trying Hastings Route south of the Great Salt Lake and finding the salt flats too soft (heavy rains that year) for passage he returned to Salt Lake City and discovered a route, north of the Great Salt Lake.