California National Historic Trail|Travel

California National Historic Trail (California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming)

9/22/2013 ... then moved on to Guthrie Park in Dallas for a roadside kiosk on the Applegate part of the California NHT [OR].

The Trail sign

The little park ...

... with interpretive signage

5/24/2014 ... a half hour one-way detour to Leonard Rockshelter NHL ... We also lucked out in that there was California NHT [NV] information here, since the trail crossed nearby, as well as a second route which crossed the road we took here (Carson Route), part of the deadly Forty Mile Desert section of the trail.

Nice little CA Trail exhibit

A very faded map and trail info ...

... with trail logo

Crossing the Forty Mile Desert

5/25/2014 On the way back from Fernley we spotted an info sign and small exhibit for Ragtown on the Carson Route of the California NHT [NV]. ... to the Fort Churchill area. We first stopped at the Buckland’s PE Station in an old house that was built on the same spot as the original cabin (also on the California NHT). After some time operating at that site the PE station stop had moved over to nearby Fort Churchill (NHL), where we went next. ... [Dayton] After parking on pavement as far as we could go, we walked on one of two dirt paths we could choose from looking for trail info. Not seeing it we crossed over to the other trail and headed back, when Ken spotted the “T-bar” with official trail info - yay!

Ragtown exhibit on the Carson Route

Ragtown info

Hard to believe people got through this

Buckland's PE and Emigrants Trails site

Details of the marker ...

... and PE picture

Buckland's informative signage

The old house on the trails

Dayton T-Bar

Details on the trail ...

... and the logo

Success!

Kinda sorta see the trail?

5/22/2015 Heading out of town we tried unsuccessfully to find where the California NHT crossed, then stopped at a very cool LH stone bridge below, and next to, the modern road. As we pulled into the parking for the bridge, a few feet away right in front of the car was - a T-bar for the California trail! ... Sportsman’s Hall PE Station. Once again, as we pulled into the parking spot where we would take our photos and eat our lunch, we saw a T-bar for the California NHT.

Ken and me by the T-bar ...

... and a close-up

The historical info ...

... and the emblem

Lunch on the trail!

The T-bar and our car

Historical info ...

... and the same emblem

9/25/2025 DAR Stone Bridge. The Stone Bridge - On July Sixth 1846 fifteen pioneers who located the South Road from Fort Hale to the Willamette Valley crossed Lost River on the ledge underlying this dam. Here there was also a California NHT T-bar. ... DAR Applegate Trail Pioneers. In Honor of the Following Pioneers who in the Year 1846; blazed the First Trail Through the Wilderness of Southern Oregon and the Rogue River Valley. The perilous last leg of the Oregon Trail down the Columbia River rapids took lives, including the sons of Jesse and Lindsay Applegate in 1843. The Applegate brothers and others vowed to look for an all-land route into Oregon from Fort Hall (in present-day Idaho) for future settlers. This Applegate Trail is part of the California National Historic Trail. ... DAR Old Stage Road. The Old Stage Road - Along This Road Passed the Early Day Travel of Oregon. The Old Stage Road was previously known as the Applegate Trail utilized by pioneer emigrants as an alternate wagon route into southern Oregon in 1846 and continued to be utilized by emigrants through 1869. the marker called attention to early travel by stagecoach from Jacksonville to Rock Point near Gold Hill. The 13-mile road is the oldest in Jackson County. Another T-bar here for the Applegate Trail on the California NHT. ... Wolf Creek Inn State Historic Site

The Stone Bridge DAR site ...

... and plaque

Right at the bridge ...

... the NHT T-bar ...

... with detail

Applegate Trail info

Applegate Trail Pioneers DAR site ...

... with plaque

Old Stage Road DAR site ...

... with T-bar ...

... details ...

... and emblem

National Historic Trails (Non-Units) - California