Emigrant Trail Terminous - Sonora, CA
Posted by: 
saopaulo1
N 37° 58.493 W 120° 22.120
10S E 731122 N 4206294
A plaque about the Emigrant Trail in Sonora, CA.
Waymark Code: WM79QX
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/24/2009
Views: 2
"Sonora was the goal of many emigrants traveling the various overland and sea routes.
The 1852 Clark-Skidmore Party of emigrants from Elizabethtown, Ohio and Lawrenceburg, Indiana struggled to force a wagon train up the Walker River and over the 10,000 ft. pass east of Sonora. In 1853, more than 2,000 emigrants with 20,000 cattle followed, creating a new emigrant road to Sonora.
Difficult for wagon travel, the Walker River and Sonora wagon route was soon abandoned. The Emigrant Wilderness area in the high country has been named to honor these pioneers. Following major changes, the trail became an important passenger and supply route between the Bodie gold regions and Sonora."
Rating: Not listed
|
Visit Instructions:
Please tell us about your visit. Did you happen upon this Marker or intentionally set out to find it? Are you familiar with ECV or are you a Clamper? Please share your experience so that other Waymarkers will be encouraged to visit this Waymark.
Please submit at least one original photo of the Marker. A picture of you and or your GPS with the Marker is suggested but not mandatory.