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Routes of the California Trail

The routes of the California Trail encompass the extensive network of overland paths used by 19th-century emigrants travelling to California, primarily between 1841–69. While the main California Trail followed the Platte, Sweetwater, and Humboldt river valleys, numerous branches, cutoffs, and feeder routes evolved to accommodate changing geography…

Eastern migrant trails, Cutoffs between South Pass and Humboldt River & South Pass to the Central Overland Route

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Eastern migrant trails

BozemanMissouriIndependence, MissouriKansas City, KansasGreat Flood of 1844
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Cutoffs between South Pass and Humboldt River

Big Sandy RiverLa Barge, WyomingCokeville, WyomingBear RiverForty-niners
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South Pass to the Central Overland Route

James H. SimpsonU.S. Army Corps of Topographical EngineersGreat Basin DesertHumboldt RiverMormon Trail
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Across the Great Basin on the Humboldt River

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Eastern migrant trails

Great Platte River Road

Sweetwater River

Main trail from South Pass through Fort Bridger to the Humboldt River

Cutoffs between South Pass and Humboldt River

South Pass to the Central Overland Route

Across the Great Basin on the Humboldt River

Crossing the Sierra Nevada

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Routes of the California Trail

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