August 8 – A 5-month virtual road trip along the California Trail The Oregon and California Trails traveled up the valley where the towns of Bancroft and Chesterfield are, but there are no major highways that travel that route today. However, if you continue along Highway 30 you’ll branch off of the Hudspeth Cutoff and [...]
August California Trail Social Media Posts: Week 1
Continuing my virtual tour along the California Trail via social media posts for the California Trail Interpretive Center in Elko, Nevada, I bring you the first week's travel for August. August 1 – A 5-month virtual road trip along the California Trail For the next week of our virtual road trip we’ll be hanging out [...]
July California Trail Social Media Posts: Week 4
July 22 – A 5-month virtual road trip along the California Trail Just north of where the Lander Road crossed Green River is the site of the Green River Rendezvous. You can visit the interpretive markers at Trappers Point Overlook near Pinedale, WY (GPS coordinates -109.982, 42.880). The Historical Marker Database provides information about those [...]
July California Trail Social Media Posts: Week 3
July 15 – A 5-month virtual road trip along the California Trail If you were traveling along the Sublette cutoff, you would reach the Little Sandy river at this point (GPS coordinates -109.302, 42.260). There are no modern roads through this region and the area is nearly unchanged from the days of the California Trail. [...]
July California Trail Social Media Posts: Week 2
July 8 – A 5-month virtual road trip along the California Trail There is a pullout (GPS coordinates -108.009, 42.517) on Highway 287 west of Jeffrey City that has a historical marker regarding an Ice Slough. Emigrants discovered that this particular valley has a marsh which maintains ice at depth well into the summer and [...]
The Watchmaker's Pulse 