September 8 – A 5-month virtual road trip along the California Trail Continuing on the Applegate Trail from Rabbit Hole Spring we next encounter High Rock Canyon (GPS coordinates -119.413, 41.389). The Friends of Black Rock/High Rock website (https://blackrockdesert.org/high-rock-canyon/) has a nice introduction and description, as does the Bureau of Land Management website (https://www.blm.gov/visit/high-rock-canyon). The [...]
September California Trail Social Media Posts: Week 1
September 1 – A 5-month virtual road trip along the California Trail As we begin our final month of a virtual road trip along the California Trail we finish the Hastings cutoff by passing through South Fork (of the Humboldt River) Canyon (GPS coordinates -115.859, 40.746). The entrance to the canyon lies in South Fork [...]
August California Trail Social Media Posts: Week 4
August 22 – A 5-month virtual road trip along the California Trail Lying within the boundaries of Elko, Nevada, the Hot Hole (GPS coordinates -115.778, 40.818) and associated springs were mentioned quite frequently in emigrant diaries. You can view the recently installed interpretive exhibit on the California Trail Center app and mirror website at https://ctic.oncell.com/en/hot-hole-322443.html. [...]
August California Trail Social Media Posts: Week 3
August 15 – A 5-month virtual road trip along the California Trail Before we move on from City of Rocks (visited yesterday), we’re going to backtrack all the way back to Fort Bridger in Wyoming. As you may recall, we visited Fort Bridger (virtually) on July 26 and then headed north toward Fort Hall. Our [...]
August California Trail Social Media Posts: Week 2
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 [...]
The Watchmaker's Pulse 