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| === California Land Records === | | === California Land Records === |
| Deeds, mining claims, and other land records from '''''any ''''' time period are clues to when a pioneer arrived. See [[California Land and Property]]. After 1862 some California land was eligible for [[Homestead Records|homesteading]]. | | Deeds, mining claims, and other land records from '''''any ''''' time period are clues to when a pioneer arrived. See [[California Land and Property]]. After 1862 some California land was eligible for [[Homestead Records|homesteading]]. |
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| These may help identify additional pioneers. For example: | | These may help identify additional pioneers. For example: |
| *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1354033 Edna Bryan Buckbee. ''Calaveras County gold rush stories.''San Andreas, California : Calaveras County Historical Society, c2005 FHL 979.444 H2b] | | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1354033 Edna Bryan Buckbee. ''Calaveras County gold rush stories.''San Andreas, California : Calaveras County Historical Society, c2005 FHL 979.444 H2b] |
| *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}}. | | *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..." : stories and pictures of El Dorado County pioneer families'' ([Placerville, Calif.] : 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> | | *Betty Yohalem, ''"I remember..." : stories and pictures of El Dorado County pioneer families'' ([Placerville, Calif.] : 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> |
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| === [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_California_Pioneers Society of California Pioneers] === | | === [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_California_Pioneers Society of California Pioneers] === |
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| :*[[Oregon Trail]] 1830s (and California Trail 1841) from western [[Missouri, United States Genealogy|Missouri]] were the main trunk trails. The California Trail usually split off from the [[Oregon Trail]] after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raft_River Raft River] crossing near the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_River Snake River] in [[Idaho, United States Genealogy|Idaho]]. The California Trail headed toward northern [[California, United States Genealogy|California]] via [[Nevada, United States Genealogy|Nevada]]. The [[Oregon Trail]] continued to follow the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_River Snake River] to [[Oregon, United States Genealogy|Oregon]] and beyond.<ref name="CaTr" /> | | :*[[Oregon Trail]] 1830s (and California Trail 1841) from western [[Missouri, United States Genealogy|Missouri]] were the main trunk trails. The California Trail usually split off from the [[Oregon Trail]] after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raft_River Raft River] crossing near the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_River Snake River] in [[Idaho, United States Genealogy|Idaho]]. The California Trail headed toward northern [[California, United States Genealogy|California]] via [[Nevada, United States Genealogy|Nevada]]. The [[Oregon Trail]] continued to follow the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_River Snake River] to [[Oregon, United States Genealogy|Oregon]] and beyond.<ref name="CaTr" /> |
| :*[[Mormon Trail]] 1847 from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska] branched off the California Trail at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bridger Ft. Bridger], Wyoming going to [[Salt Lake City, Utah]]. | | :*[[Mormon Trail]] 1847 from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska] branched off the California Trail at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bridger Ft. Bridger], Wyoming going to [[Salt Lake City, Utah]]. |
| :*'''''Salt Lake Cutoff ''''' 1848, an alternate route from [[Salt Lake City, Utah]] that rejoined the main California Trail at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Rocks_National_Reserve City of Rocks] in [[Idaho Genealogy|Idaho]].<ref name="MorTr" /> | | :*'''''Salt Lake Cutoff ''''' 1848, an alternate route from [[Salt Lake City, Utah]] that rejoined the main California Trail at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Rocks_National_Reserve City of Rocks] in [[Idaho Genealogy|Idaho]].<ref name="MorTr" /> |
| :*[[Cherokee Trail]] (aka Trapper's Trail) 1849 to early 1890s from Salina, [[Oklahoma, United States Genealogy|Oklahoma]] merged with the California Trail near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bridger Ft. Bridger], Wyoming<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Cherokee Trail" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_Trail (accessed 15 July 2012).</ref> | | :*[[Cherokee Trail]] (aka Trapper's Trail) 1849 to early 1890s from Salina, [[Oklahoma, United States Genealogy|Oklahoma]] merged with the California Trail near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bridger Ft. Bridger], Wyoming<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Cherokee Trail" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_Trail (accessed 15 July 2012).</ref> |
| :*[[Central Overland Trail]] 1859 from [[Salt Lake City, Utah]] through central [[Nevada, United States Genealogy|Nevada]] rejoined the California Trail at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparks,_Nevada Carson City, Nevada]. | | :*[[Central Overland Trail]] 1859 from [[Salt Lake City, Utah]] through central [[Nevada, United States Genealogy|Nevada]] rejoined the California Trail at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparks,_Nevada Carson City, Nevada]. |