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The exact route of the Central Overland Trail passed through: | The exact route of the Central Overland Trail passed through: | ||
{{Block indent|*[[Salt Lake County, Utah]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Utah County, Utah]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Tooele County, Utah]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Juab County, Utah]]}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[White Pine County, Nevada]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Eureka County, Nevada]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Lander County, Nevada]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Churchill County, Nevada]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Lyon County, Nevada]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Carson City, Nevada]]}} | |||
'''Connecting migration routes.''' The Central Overland Trail linked to other migration routes at each end. The migration pathways connected at the east end included: | '''Connecting migration routes.''' The Central Overland Trail linked to other migration routes at each end. The migration pathways connected at the east end included: | ||
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{{Block indent|*[[California Trail]] (Salt Lake Cutoff) 1846 from Salt Lake City to City of Rocks, Idaho (and eventually northern California) }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Mormon Trail]] 1847 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Mormon Trail to Southern California|Mormon Trail to Southern California]] 1847 from Salt Lake City, Utah to Los Angeles, California }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Central_Overland_Trail|Central Overland Trail]] 1859-1869 from Salt Lake City, Utah to Carson City, Nevada (and usually on to northern California) }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Union Pacific Railroad]] 1869 Ogden, Utah to Omaha, Nebraska }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Central Pacific Railroad]] 1869 Ogden, Utah to Sacramento, California }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Denver and Rio Grande Railroad]] 1883 Salt Lake City, Utah to Grand Junction, Colorado (and Denver)}} | |||
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The migration pathways connected at the west end of the Central Overland Trail included: | The migration pathways connected at the west end of the Central Overland Trail included: | ||
{{Block indent|*[[Camino Real de California]] 1770s linking Spanish Mission churches in California and Baja California }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Old Spanish Trail]] 1829 Los Angeles, California to Santa Fe, New Mexico }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[California Trail]] 1846 from western Missouri to northern California }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Butterfield Overland Mail]] 1857-1861 from San Francisco via Los Angeles to Memphis, Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Central_Overland_Trail|Central Overland Trail]] 1859-1869 from Salt Lake City, Utah to Carson City, Nevada (and usually on to northern California) }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Southern Pacific Railroad]] 1883 Los Angeles, California to New Orleans, Louisiana}} | |||
'''Modern parallels.''' The modern roads that roughly match the Central Overland Trail are as follows: | '''Modern parallels.''' The modern roads that roughly match the Central Overland Trail are as follows: | ||
{{Block indent|*from Salt Lake City, Utah take Interstate I-15 south to Lehi, Utah }} | |||
{{Block indent|*from Lehi take Hwy 73 southwest until it turns north }} | |||
{{Block indent|*turn southwest onto the Pony Express Trail and follow it winding westward to Ibapah, Utah }} | |||
{{Block indent|*from Ibapah southwest to the Utah/Nevada border and west to Cherry Creek, White Pine, Nevada}} | |||
{{Block indent|'''''Note:''''' from Cherry Creek there are no modern roads paralleling the Central Overland Trail from northwest White Pine County to mid-Eureka County, Nevada|3}} | |||
{{Block indent|*from Eureka County Hwy 278 turn west onto M111 Mill Tokin Road due southwest to 3 Bars Road }} | |||
{{Block indent|*continue on 3 Bars Road to M114/NV-21, turn southwest toward Austin, Lander, Nevada }} | |||
{{Block indent|*from Austin, Nevada take US Hwy 50 west to Carson City, Nevada}} | |||
== Settlers and Records == | == Settlers and Records == | ||
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