Historic Trails-Color (2014)
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Jack Creek White Rock (site) Owyhee Mountain City Jarbidge Charleston (site) North Fork Dinner Station Deeth E L K O Wells Oasis Montello Wilkins (site) Contact Jackpot Metropolis (site) PACIFIC UNION Rye Patch Reservoir Pyramid Lake UNION UNION Seven Troughs (site) Vya (site) Denio Denio Jct H U M B O L D T McDermitt Orovada Paradise Valley Midas Tuscarora (site) Gerlach Empire (site) Flanigan (site) WASHOE Jungo (site) Rochester (site) Unionville Mill City Imlay Lovelock Oreana P E R S H I N G Tungsten (site) Battle Mountain Valmy Copper Canyon (site) Golconda Winnemucca Beowawe Crescent Valley Tenabo (site) Gold Acres (site) Leeville (site) Sulphur (site) PACIFIC UNION PACIFIC UNION U P PACIFIC PACIFIC NORTHERN NEVADA Cherry Creek Currie Lages Station Carlin Elko Jiggs Lee Arthur Halleck Spring Creek Lamoille Ruby Valley Shantytown West Wendover UNION PACIFIC NEVADA McGill Stillwater C H U R C H I L L Dixie Valley (site) E U R E K A L A N D E R Potts (site) Strawberry Eureka Ruth Ely Hamilton (site) Middlegate Eastgate Cold Springs Salt Wells (site) Fallon Austin Kingston Frenchman (site) Rawhide (site) Quartz Mtn (site) Baker Border Majors Place Preston Minerva (site) Shoshone Duckwater Lund Gabbs Ione Berlin (site) P I N E W H I T E Lahontan Reservoir Lake Tahoe Pyramid (site) Sutcliffe Nixon Reno Verdi Sparks Wadsworth Fernley Hazen Silver Springs Virginia City Stagecoach Dayton Gold Hill Silver City Mound House CARSON CITY Stewart Wabuska Incline Village Crystal Bay Glenbrook Zephyr Cove Genoa Gardnerville Mason Minden Weed Heights Stateline Yerington Schurz PACIFIC UNION LYON DOUGLAS STOREY Walker Lake Wellington Smith Holbrook Jct Mina Luning Walker Lake Candelaria (site) Hawthorne ALPINE O R E G O N MALHEUR LAKE HARNEY TO ADEL TO FIELDS TO JORDAN VALLEY TO MOUNTAIN HOME TO TWIN FALLS OWYHEE TWIN FALLS CASSIA I D A H O MODOC LASSEN SIERRA TO CEDARVILLE TO SUSANVILLE TO TAHOE CITY Manhattan Belmont Round Mountain Warm Springs (site) N Y E Sunnyside Currant Lockes Adaven (site) Nyala (site) Atlanta (site) TO TRUCKEE MINERAL Basalt (site) Hadley Carvers Coaldale (site) Tonopah BOX ELDER TO PARK VALLEY TOOELE TO SALT LAKE CITY TO IBAPAH U T A H TO DELTA BEAVER MILLARD JUAB TO GARRISON TO BRIDGEPORT TO WOODFORDS TO BRIDGEPORT TO PLACERVILLE TO LEE VINING MONO Basalt (site) Silver Peak Goldfield Nivloc (site) Lida Dyer TO BIG PINE Ralston (site) Gold Point TO BISHOP Scottys Junction L I N C O L N Rachel Tempiute (site) Hiko Crystal Springs Ash Springs Alamo Pioche Panaca Ursine Caselton Elgin Caliente Carp (site) Moapa Glendale Logandale Overton TO ST GEORGE Bunkerville ESMERALDA W ASHINGTON Mesquite PACIFIC UNION U P TO MODENA Lake Mead Colorado River Lake Mohave Goodsprings Boulder City Nelson Cottonwood Cove Searchlight A R I Z O N A Mt Charleston Blue Diamond Indian Springs North Las Vegas Cactus Springs Jean Sandy Valley Sloan TO BAKER TO NIPTON Primm Henderson Amargosa Valley Johnnie (site) Pahrump TO SHOSHONE TO DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION Mercury TO KINGMAN MOH A VE SAN BERNARDINO INYO Mountain Springs U P Las Vegas Beatty Rhyolite (site) TO DEATH VALLEY TO DEATH VALLEY & SCOTTYS CASTLE PLACER NEVADA ELDORADO Stateline IRON TO NEEDLES Cal Nev Ari Laughlin C L A R K TO NEEDLES TO KINGMAN TO BULLHEAD CITY C A L I F O R N I A NORTHERN Vernon (site) Cortez (site) C A L I F O R N I A 292 140 140 140 293 290 95 80 294 447 400 789 401 95 95 225 226 93 80 233 231 229 230 225 ALT 93 80 767 229 227 228 766 15 15 379 375 318 317 319 322 894 893 490 318 488 487 320 278 93 93 6 6 93 93 50 93 6 50 15 215 169 170 168 93 160 161 146 564 165 164 163 95 93 95 158 159 147 157 156 95 93 373 372 160 773 264 264 265 266 267 374 774 95 6 80 361 360 844 359 398 397 399 839 121 361 722 50 95 95 ALT 95 6 95 376 375 377 806 305 305 376 780 278 306 892 50 6 80 431 341 207 206 823 339 208 338 208 445 828 439 447 723 117 120 116 395 395 50 50 50 95 ALT 95 ALT 95 ALT 95 ALT 50 28 88 445 446 ALT 93 ALT 395 580 580 F R É M O N T - W A L K E R 1 8 4 5 O G D E N 1 8 2 8 - 29 F R É M O N T F R É M O N T 1 8 4 5 PETER SKENE OGDEN led a Hudson’s Bay trapping expedition along what is now known as the Humboldt River before Fremont gave it its present name. Some scholars believe Ogden entered Nevada in the Elko County area as early as 1826. This would have made him the first white man to enter Northern Nevada. JOHN C. FRÉMONT, perhaps the best known of Nevada’s trail makers, came down from Oregon in 1843 into what is now northern Washoe County. He discovered and named Pyramid Lake, crossed the Sierra south of Carson Pass and en route sighted Lake Tahoe, which he named Lake Bonpland. His return from California brought him across the southern end of Nevada in 1844 along the Old Spanish Trail. In 1845, while exploring eastern Nevada, Frémont split his party. JOSEPH WALKER, a veteran of several previous trips through Nevada, guided his half of the group through Secret Pass in the Ruby Mountains, then westerly along the Humboldt River. Frémont, with the remainder of the party, crossed the Ruby Mountains via Harrison Pass and continued southwesterly to Walker Lake for an eventual meeting with Walker’s division. 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Transcript of Historic Trails-Color (2014)
Jack Creek
White Rock(site)
Owyhee
Mountain City
Jarbidge
Charleston(site)
North Fork
Dinner Station Deeth
E L K OWells
Oasis
Montello
Wilkins(site)
Contact
Jackpot
Metropolis(site) PACIFIC
UNION
Rye PatchReservoir
Pyramid
Lake
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UN
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Seven Troughs(site)
Vya(site)
Denio
Denio Jct
H U M B O L D T
McDermitt
Orovada
Paradise Valley
Midas
Tuscarora(site)
Gerlach
Empire(site)
Flanigan(site)
W A S H O E
Jungo(site)
Rochester(site)
Unionville
Mill CityImlay
Lovelock
Oreana
P E R S H I N G
Tungsten(site)
Battle Mountain
Valmy
CopperCanyon
(site)
Golconda
Winnemucca
Beowawe
CrescentValley
Tenabo(site)
Gold Acres(site)
Leeville(site)Sulphur
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SpringCreek
Lamoille
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ElyHamilton(site)
MiddlegateEastgate
ColdSprings
Salt Wells(site)
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Kingston
Frenchman(site)
Rawhide(site) Quartz Mtn
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Baker
Border
MajorsPlace
PrestonMinerva(site)
Shoshone
Duckwater
LundGabbs
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Berlin(site)
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LahontanReservoir
Lake
Tahoe
Pyramid(site)
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Nixon
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Sparks
Wadsworth
Fernley
Hazen
SilverSprings
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Nivloc(site)
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PETER SKENE OGDEN led a Hudson’s Bay trapping expedition along what is now known as the Humboldt River before Fremont gave it its present name. Some scholars believe Ogden entered Nevada in the Elko County area as early as 1826. This would have made him the first white man to enter Northern Nevada.
JOHN C. FRÉMONT, perhaps the best known of Nevada’s trail makers, came down from Oregon in 1843 into what is now northern Washoe County. He discovered and named Pyramid Lake, crossed the Sierra south of Carson Pass and en route sighted Lake Tahoe, which he named Lake Bonpland. His return from California brought him across the southern end of Nevada in 1844 along the Old Spanish Trail. In 1845, while exploring eastern Nevada, Frémont split his party. JOSEPH WALKER, a veteran of several previous trips through Nevada, guided his half of the group through Secret Pass in the Ruby Mountains, then westerly along the Humboldt River. Frémont, with the remainder of the party, crossed the Ruby Mountains via Harrison Pass and continued southwesterly to Walker Lake for an eventual meeting with Walker’s division.
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