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TRAILS WEST -- MARKERS OF THE CALIFORNIA TRAIL And Publishers of the Emigrant Trails West Series of Guides to the mid-1800's emigrant trail to northern California and southern Oregon.

Trails West is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to locating and marking the California Trail from southern Idaho to northern California and then helping people to enjoy touring the trail.

To learn who we of trails west are and what we do to identify and mark the California Trail, go to our Site Map or site index and select any one of the pages listed.  We think you will find something that will interest you.  As you visit our pages, you may return to the Site Map at any time by clicking on the words "Site Map" when ever you see this button at the bottom of each page: Site Map

FIRE STATUS AND WEATHER IN TRAIL WEST'S COUNTRY

When driving the emigrant trail, you will be in country that during hot summers can be dangerous because of wildfires.  Before you go, you should check the status of current fires and look at the fire weather forecast.  Three web sites provide this information. For both a current fire status and fire weather forecasts, look at:                Fire Status and Weather Forecast Look also at for the current status of those fires currently burning in the emigrant trail county:                Fire Situation Report A more detailed forecast of the weather may be obtained from:                National Weather Service; Western Region This web site provides current weather and a forecast for the next week for the Western Region of the US.  When the home page appears, a map showing the main weather service offices in the western states will be displayed.  Click on the office in the area you are interested in.  Another, more detailed map showing all of the local weather service offices will appear on the screen.  Click on the specific area (Weather Service Office) you are interested in.

THE EMIGRANT TRAILS WEST SERIES OF GUIDEBOOKS

Many people are interested in learning about the history of the migration to northern California and southern Oregon during the mid-1800's stimulated by the discovery of gold in California.  To satisfy this interest, Trails West is publishing a series of guides to the various trails used during that period. A guide to a given trail is published only after Trails West has researched that trail and marked or corrected the prior marking of the route followed by that trail. Once Trails West is satisfied that a given trail is correctly marked with its distinctive steel "T" markers, a guidebook can be written.  A guide for a given trail includes directions for safely driving that trail, historical commentaries, quotations from diaries kept by those who travel the trail, unique maps showing the route of the trail and associated modern-day roads, and numerous photographs. The Trails West series of guides to the emigrant trail are truly unique.  There is no other publication available that provides the same degree of thoroughly-researched information about the trails used by the emigrants who traveled to northern California and southern Oregon. These guides include:

A Guide To The California Trail To The Humboldt River and A Guide To The California Trail Along The Humboldt River For further information about these Guide, visit the California Trail Guides page.

A Guide to the Applegate Trail, The South Road To Oregon For further information about this Guide, visit the Applegate Trail Guide page.

A Guide to the Nobles Trail An Interim Edition For further information about this Guide, visit the Nobles Trail Guide page.

A Guide to the Lassen Trail to be available in the Spring of 2009. In addition, other guides are planned for the Carson Trail, the Truckee Trail, and the Hastings Trail.

VIRTUAL TOURS OF THE TRAIL

Touring the various branches of the emigrant Trail from southeastern Idaho across Nevada to northern California and southern Oregon is an experience you will never forget. Hopefully, you will be able to tour these trails using our Emigrant Trails West Trail Guides.  If, however, you are one of the unfortunate people who can not make such a trip, then take a virtual tour of some of the trail.  To do so, go to our Virtual Tours page.

IMPORTANT DATES IN 2008

MARCH 29, 2008 Board Of Director's Meeting, Reno, Nv 2008 Annual Banquet and General meeting JUNE ?, 2008 BLM Cultural Survey JUNE 21 & 22, 2008 Complete the Truckee Trail Marking Leader:  Don Buck SEPTEMBER 12, 13, & 14, 2007 Yreka Trail Marking Leader:  Bob Black For more information on these important dates, go to the Schedule of Activities page.

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TRAILS WEST, INC.
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Reno, NV 89510

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