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CALIFORNIA TRAIL PHOTOS
| Here is a small collection of photos taken along the California Trail. This segment of the emigrant trail stretches from the beginning of the trail at the Raft River in southern Idaho to the Humboldt Bar in Nevada. |
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Trails West Marker C-12, located at Granite Pass on the California Trail, is in the foreground. Junction Valley with Marker C-11 is in the background. City of Rocks is near the left edge of the photo, just to the north of the distant mountains. This view is east-by-northeast from near the pass. Photo by Jack Lepisto. |
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Bishop Creek below the dam that formed Bishop Reservoir is seen at lower center. The hot spring where emigrants bathed (after "improvement") is seen beyond the person in white. The road that goes up Bishop Canyon from Marker C-30 is seen at the lower right. |
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The BLM Interpretive Center located at the east end of Carlin Canyon. The Humboldt River is shown to the left and in the center of the photo. The California Trail crossed the Humboldt River four times as it flows through the five-mile long Carlin Canyon. Trails West Marker C-39 is located nearby. |
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A sunset over the Humboldt River near Lassen Meadows is beautiful. The photo was taken slightly south of Callahan Bridge over the Humboldt River. Trails West Marker C-66 is located nearby. Photo by Dick Brock. |
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Lassen Meadows was a popular spot because of the feed and water located there. As can be seen in the photo, some of this feed remains today. The "meadows" are located at the north end of present day Rye Patch Reservoir. |
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This is what much of Nevada looked like after the lightning-caused fires of 1999. This photo was taken near Trails West Marker C-70, which is located on the west side of the Rye Patch Reservoir. The marker can just barely be seen in the lower right hand corner. |
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The Humboldt River corridor tested the emigrants by providing lots of sagebrush to hinder their movement. Considering the sagebrush the sand, the alkali dust that was sometimes ankle deep, the "diggers," and the muddy Humboldt River, it is a wonder that anyone made it to California. |
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No this pond does not have any historical significance. It was made as part of a mining operation years after the emigrants passed by the area (C-83). But it does show how the water table is high enough in the area to fill in a man-made well such as those dug by the emigrants. But the water is terrible! It smells, it is slimy, it is not drinkable, but the emigrants had no other choice when they reach the Humboldt Sink (the "sink" can be seen in the background). |
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As the California Trail approached the Humboldt Sink after leaving Big Meadows the trail passes though the alkali flat north of the sink. |
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