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Enjoy your photo tour of the California Trail from the Raft River to the Humboldt Sink. A PHOTO TOUR OF THE CALIFORNIA TRAIL. PARTING OF THE WAYS OF THE TRAILS—MARKER C-1. Near the base of the flat-top hill in the background, the California Trail left the Oregon Trail and headed south up the Raft River valley.
Explore the California trail to follow in the footsteps of over 250,000 emigrants who traveled to the gold fields and rich farmlands of California during the 1840s and 1850s-the greatest mass migration in American history. More than 1,000 miles of trail ruts and traces can still be seen across 10 states along this historic trail.
California Trail. Council Bluffs, Iowa, and from St. Joseph, Missouri, via the Platte River to Sacramento California. More Coming Soon! Hastings Cutoff. Named after and promoted by Lansford W. Hastings as the best and most direct route to the Salt Lake Valley and California. Three weeks shorter than the Fort Hall route to California.
This is an interactive tour map of the California Trail that allows students to click on important points from Independence, Missouri, to Sutter's Fort, California.
California Trail Map. The California Trail carried over 250,000 gold-seekers and farmers to the goldfields and rich farmlands of the Golden State during the 1840s and 1850s, the greatest mass migration in American history. The general route began at various jumping-off points along the Missouri River and stretched to various points in ...
Although emigrant companies had arrived in California prior to the great gold rush, the full story of the California Trail occurred after 1848, as the allure of wealth caused hundreds of thousands to surmount incredible obstacles while following routes to the Golden State.
