California Trail: Difference between revisions

* Gregory MacGregor. '' The California Emigrant Trail of 1841-1870.'' Albuquerque:University of New Mexico Press, 1996.

* Malcolm J. Rohrbough.'' Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation.'' Berkeley: University of  California Press, 1997.

== Records and Lists of Settlers  ==

* David H. Johnson.''Sonora Pass Pioneers.'' California Bound Emigrants and Explorers, 1841-1864.'' Sonora, California: Tuolumne County Historical Society, 2006. {{FHL|1246010|item|disp=FHL 979.4 W2j}}; {{WorldCat|73841357|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}

*''The 49ers as reported by the Missouri Republication, St. Louis, Missouri.'' 10 volumes.Arlington, Texas : K.E. Weant, c2004-2010 {{FHL|1219714|item|disp=FHL 977.8 D2wk}}; {{WorldCat|62246193|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}

==== Additional Resources and History ====

=== Local and county histories and biographies ===  

These may help identify additional pioneers. For example:  

*W. B. Lardner, and M. J. Brock, ''History of Placer and Nevada counties, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the counties who have been identified with their growth and development from the early days to the present'' (1991 Reprint; Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic Record Co., 1924). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11510628 WorldCat entry]. {{FHL|572031|item|disp=FHL Book 979.43 H2L}}.  

*Betty Yohalem, ''"I remember..."&nbsp;: stories and pictures of El Dorado County pioneer families'' ([Placerville, Calif.]&nbsp;: El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce, 1977). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3657533 WorldCat entry]. {{FHL|75462|item|disp=FHL Book 979.441 H2y}}.<br><br>

*[https://archive.org/details/constitutionbyla02soci Constitution,By-Laws and List of members of the Society of California Pioneers... (San Francisco, 1869) ]  

*[https://archive.org/details/constitutionbyla03soci Constitution,By-Laws and List of members of the Society of California Pioneers...  (San Francisco, 1888)]

*[https://www.californiapioneers.org/collections/libraryspecialcollections/ Society of California Pioneers Library & Special Collections]

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2257487?availability=Fresno%20California%20Family%20History%20Center Sutter's Fort, State Historical Monument. FHL Digital images]  

*[http://donnersummithistoricalsociety.org/pages/bookreviews/CaliforniaTrailMap1849andAdvice.html California Trail Map & Advice  for Emigrants - Donner Summit Historical Society]

=== Truckee (River) Trail 1844 ===

Crossed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Mile_Desert#Forty_Mile_Desert Forty Mile Desert] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truckee_River Truckee River] to follow it west past [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reno,_Nevada Reno, Nevada] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Pass Donner Pass] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emigrant_Gap Emigrant Gap] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutter%27s_Fort Sutter's Fort] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento,_California Sacramento, California]). The exact route varied over the years, the most used being the Nevada City Road and Auburn Emigrant Road combination.

=== Roller Pass 1846 ===

=== [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applegate_Trail Applegate Trail] 1846 ===

Avoided the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Mile_Desert#Forty_Mile_Desert Forty Mile Desert]) by leaving the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_River Humboldt River] in [[Nevada, United States Genealogy|Nevada]] early at present-day [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rye_Patch_State_Recreation_Area Rye Reservoir], Nevada and passing through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rock_Desert Black Rock Desert] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandango_Pass Fandango Pass] past [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose_Lake_%28Oregon-California%29 Goose Lake] on to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_River_%28California%29 Lost River] and eventually the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_Valley Willamette Valley] in [[Oregon, United States Genealogy|Oregon]].

=== The Lassen Cutoff 1848 ===

From the Carson Trail south to the Walker River along the base of the Sierra Nevada until it ascends to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonora_Pass Sonora Pass] and then down to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry,_Tuolumne_County,_California Strawberry] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonora,_California Sonora, California]

=== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Pass Luther Pass Trail 1854] ===