Lassen Trail--Pine Creek Valley - California
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Volcanoguy
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Lassen Trail history marker near CA Hwy 44 at Pine Creek Valley.
Waymark Code: WMJE50
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2013
Views: 3
The Lassen Trail extended from the Applegate Trail at Goose Lake and went southwest to pass just south of Lassen Peak and continued on to the Sacramento Valley south of Red Bluff.
Text of Marker:
Lassen Trail--Pine Creek Valley
“We got into camp by moonlight--A stream of excellent water near . . . we found encamped near two men who were almost dead with the scurvy” -- James Pratt, Oct 26, 1849
Group that erected the marker: Trails West Inc. http://emigranttrailswest.org/
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
near CA Hwy 44 at NW end of Pine Creek Valley
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