California Trail
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The California Trail was an emigrant trail of about 1,600 mi across the western half of the North American continent from Missouri River towns to what is now the state of California. After it was esta
Depiction of a wagon train crossing the Great Salt Lake Desert toward California
John Marsh's ranch was the end of the California Trail. His large stone house still stands and is now part of Marsh Creek State Park in Contra Costa County.
John Bidwell
Mormon Trail
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The Mormon Trail is the 1,300-mile route from Illinois to Utah on which Mormon pioneers traveled from 1846 to 1869. The Mormon Trail is a part of the United States National Trails System, known as the
California Trail
…After it was established, the first half of the California Trail followed the same corridor of networked river valley trails as the Oregon Trail and the Mormon Trail, namely the valleys of the Platte, North Platte, and Sweetwater rivers to Wyoming. The trail has several splits and cutoffs for alternative routes…
Echo Canyon, Utah on Mormon Trail
Route of the Mormon pioneers from Nauvoo to Great Salt Lake
Mormon Battalion Trail Marker in Oatman Flats, Dateland, Arizona
Historic Information along the National Historic Trail