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These can be used to identify pioneers who traveled the California Trail: | These can be used to identify pioneers who traveled the California Trail: | ||
{{Block indent|*{{RecordSearch|1401638|United States Census, 1850}}}} | |||
{{Block indent|*{{RecordSearch|1473181|United States Census, 1860}}}} | |||
{{Block indent|*{{RecordSearch|1438024|United States Census, 1870}}}} | |||
Also, California took a {{RecordSearch|1771089|California State Census, 1852}} which lists each person's state of birth and last residence.<ref name="Lain">Ann S. Lainhart, ''State Census Records'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 21-26. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 Worldcat entry]. {{FSC|568961|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 X2Lai}}.</ref> | Also, California took a {{RecordSearch|1771089|California State Census, 1852}} which lists each person's state of birth and last residence.<ref name="Lain">Ann S. Lainhart, ''State Census Records'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 21-26. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 Worldcat entry]. {{FSC|568961|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 X2Lai}}.</ref> | ||
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Began in some California counties as early as 1866. The [[California Voting Records|Great Registers]] prior to 1870 showed males over age 21 who arrived before the transcontinental railroad. Great Registers often showed places of origin. Counties with early Great Registers on microfilm included: | Began in some California counties as early as 1866. The [[California Voting Records|Great Registers]] prior to 1870 showed males over age 21 who arrived before the transcontinental railroad. Great Registers often showed places of origin. Counties with early Great Registers on microfilm included: | ||
{{Block indent|1={{FSC|206978|item|disp=Alameda 1867}}{{·}} {{FSC|663187|item|disp=Alpine 1866}}{{·}} {{FSC|207200|item|disp=Amador 1867, 1868}}{{·}} {{FSC|207301|item|disp=Butte 1866}}{{·}} {{FSC|207211|item|disp=Calaveras 1867}}{{·}} {{FSC|571690|item|disp=Colusa 1866}}{{·}} {{FSC|207312|item|disp=Contra Costa 1867}}{{·}} {{FSC|207324|item|disp=El Dorado 1867, 1868}}{{·}} {{FSC|207042|item|disp=Fresno 1867}}{{·}} {{FSC|827235|item|disp=Humboldt 1866-1875}}{{·}} {{FSC|207005|item|disp=Kern 1867}}{{·}} {{FSC|206697|item|disp=Klamath (Del Norte and Siskiyou) 1869}}{{·}} {{FSC|493007|item|disp=Lake 1867}}{{·}} {{FSC|628981|item|disp=Lassen 1866, 1868}}{{·}} {{FSC|207944|item|disp=Marin 1867-1868}}{{·}} {{FSC|523306|item|disp=Mendocino 1866-1873}}{{·}} {{FSC|207936|item|disp=Merced 1867, 1869}}{{·}} {{FSC|207637|item|disp=Monterey 1867, 1869}}{{·}} {{FSC|207611|item|disp=Napa 1867}}{{·}} {{FSC|207571|item|disp=Nevada 1867-1868}}{{·}} {{FSC|208067|item|disp=Placer 1867-1868}}{{·}} {{FSC|208086|item|disp=Plumas 1857-1898}}{{·}} Sacramento {{FSC|210199|item|disp=1866}}, {{FSC|486373|item|disp=1867}}, {{FSC|208109|item|disp=1867-1868}}{{·}} {{FSC|208148|item|disp=San Diego 1867}}{{·}} {{FSC|313680|item|disp=San Francisco 1866}}{{·}} {{FSC|208177|item|disp=San Joaquin 1867-1869}}{{·}} {{FSC|208204|item|disp=San Luis Obispo 1867-1868}}{{·}} {{FSC|208196|item|disp=San Mateo 1867-1869}}{{·}} {{FSC|609766|item|disp=Santa Barbara 1866-1869}}{{·}} {{FSC|208253|item|disp=Santa Clara 1867-1869}}{{·}} {{FSC|210163|item|disp=Santa Cruz}}{{·}} {{FSC|210151|item|disp=Shasta 1867-1869}}{{·}} {{FSC|210065|item|disp=Siskiyou 1867-1868}}{{·}} {{FSC|210056|item|disp=Solano 1867}}{{·}} {{FSC|209628|item|disp=Sonoma 1867}}{{·}} {{FSC|209621|item|disp=Stanislaus 1867, 1869}}{{·}} {{FSC|209619|item|disp=Sutter 1867, 1869}}{{·}} {{FSC|208482|item|disp=Trinity 1867-1868}}{{·}} {{FSC|208459|item|disp=Tulare 1869}}{{·}} {{FSC|208347|item|disp=Tuolumne 1867}}{{·}} {{FSC|208287|item|disp=Yolo 1867}}{{·}} {{FSC|208261|item|disp=Yuba 1867-1869}}<br><br>|2=1}} | |||
=== Local and county histories and biographies === | === Local and county histories and biographies === | ||
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'''The exact route of the '''''California Trail''''' varied from group to group over the years. Most often it passed through:<ref name="OrTr" /> | '''The exact route of the '''''California Trail''''' varied from group to group over the years. Most often it passed through:<ref name="OrTr" /> | ||
{{Block indent|*sometimes [[Missouri, United States Genealogy|Missouri]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*sometimes [[Kansas, United States Genealogy|Kansas]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*sometimes [[Iowa, United States Genealogy|Iowa]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Nebraska, United States Genealogy|Nebraska]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Wyoming, United States Genealogy|Wyoming]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Idaho, United States Genealogy|Idaho]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*sometimes [[Utah, United States Genealogy|Utah]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Nevada, United States Genealogy|Nevada]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[California, United States Genealogy|California]]}} | |||
The Oregon-California Trails Association provides a [http://www.octa-trails.org/ Virtual Trail] map with images, and brief histories of points along the trail. | The Oregon-California Trails Association provides a [http://www.octa-trails.org/ Virtual Trail] map with images, and brief histories of points along the trail. | ||
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The California Trail linked to other migration routes at each end, and at junctions in the middle. The migration pathways connected near the '''''east end''''' included: | The California Trail linked to other migration routes at each end, and at junctions in the middle. The migration pathways connected near the '''''east end''''' included: | ||
{{Block indent|*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River Mississippi River] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_River Missouri River] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Santa Fe Trail]] 1821-1880 from western [[Missouri, United States Genealogy|Missouri]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico Santa Fe, New Mexico] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Oregon Trail]] 1820s from western [[Missouri, United States Genealogy|Missouri]] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_Valley Willamette Valley] of [[Oregon, United States Genealogy|Oregon]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|1=*[[California_Trail|California Trail]] 1841 from western [[Missouri, United States Genealogy|Missouri]] to northern [[California, United States Genealogy|California]] overlapped the [[Oregon Trail]] most of the way to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raft_River Raft River] in [[Idaho, United States Genealogy|Idaho]]<ref name="CaTr" /> |2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|1=*[[Mormon Trail]] 1846-1847 from [[Nauvoo, Illinois|Nauvoo, Illinois]] to [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City, Utah]] overlapped the California Trail from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Platte_River North Platte River], Nebraska to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bridger Ft. Bridger], Wyoming<ref name="MorTr" /> |2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Union Pacific Railroad]] 1865 from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska] and extending its way slowly west to [[Ogden, Utah|Ogden, Utah]] in 1869 }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway]] 1872 eventually from [[Chicago, Illinois]] to [[Los Angeles, California]]}} | |||
The migration pathways connected near the '''''west end''''' of the California Trail included: | The migration pathways connected near the '''''west end''''' of the California Trail included: | ||
{{Block indent|*[[Camino Real de California]] 1683 from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misi%C3%B3n_Estero_de_las_Palmas_de_San_Jos%C3%A9_del_Cabo_A%C3%B1uit%C3%AD San José del Cabo], [[Mexico Genealogy|Mexico]] to [[Sonoma County, California Genealogy|Sonoma, California]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Siskiyou Trail]] 1829 from [[Portland, Oregon]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco,_California San Francisco, California] }} | |||
{{Block indent|1=*[[California_Trail|California Trail]] 1841 from western [[Missouri, United States Genealogy|Missouri]] to northern [[California, United States Genealogy|California]]<ref name="CaTr" /> |2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Applegate Trail]] 1846 from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_Valley Willamette Valley] in Oregon to the [[California_Trail]] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_River Humboldt River] in Nevada }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Butterfield Overland Mail]] 1857-1861 from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri St. Louis, Missouri] or [[Memphis, Tennessee]] across [[Texas, United States Genealogy|Texas]], southern [[New Mexico, United States Genealogy|New Mexico]] and [[Arizona Genealogy|Arizona]] to southern [[California, United States Genealogy|California]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco,_California San Francisco] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Central Overland Trail]] from [[Salt Lake City, Utah]] to [[Carson City, Nevada]] with connections to [[California, United States Genealogy|California]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Central Pacific Railroad]] 1869 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento,_California Sacramento, California] to [[Ogden, Utah]] and [[Union Pacific Railroad]] 1869 [[Ogden, Utah]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Southern Pacific Railroad]] 1883 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California Los Angeles] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans,_Louisiana New Orleans], including the [[Central Pacific Railroad|Central Pacific Railroad]] tracks during many years<br>}} | |||
Several migration pathways had junctions at various places '''''along the middle''''' of the California Trail: | Several migration pathways had junctions at various places '''''along the middle''''' of the California Trail: | ||
{{Block indent|1=*[[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" /> |2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[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]]. }} | |||
{{Block indent|1=*'''''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" /> |2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[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> }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[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]. }} | |||
{{Block indent|1=*[[Bozeman Trail]] 1863 branched from the California Trail at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Fetterman Ft. Fetterman], near Douglas, Wyoming heading to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozeman,_Montana Bozeman, Montana]<ref name="BozTr">Wikipedia contributors, "Bozeman Trail" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozeman_Trail (accessed 15 July 2012).</ref>|2=1}} | |||
=== Modern parallels === | === Modern parallels === | ||
The modern roads that roughly match the California Trail from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence,_Missouri Independence, Missouri] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento,_California Sacramento] among other places in northern [[California, United States Genealogy|California]] are listed in an online edition of a National Park Service publication about the California Trail: | The modern roads that roughly match the California Trail from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence,_Missouri Independence, Missouri] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento,_California Sacramento] among other places in northern [[California, United States Genealogy|California]] are listed in an online edition of a National Park Service publication about the California Trail: | ||
{{Block indent|*[https://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisit/trail-brochures.htm National Park Service - Trail Map, Brochure and Auto Tours Interpretive Guides] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[http://www.nps.gov/oreg/planyourvisit/auto_mo.htm Auto Tour Route - '''Missouri'''] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[http://www.nps.gov/oreg/planyourvisit/auto_ks.htm Auto Tour Route - '''Kansas'''] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[http://www.nps.gov/oreg/planyourvisit/auto_neb.htm Auto Tour Route - '''Nebraska'''] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[http://www.nps.gov/oreg/planyourvisit/auto_wy.htm Auto Tour Route - '''Wyoming'''] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[http://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisit/auto_id.htm Auto Tour Route - '''Idaho'''] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[http://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisit/auto_ut.htm Auto Tour Route - '''Utah'''] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[http://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisit/auto_nv.htm Auto Tour Route - '''Nevada'''] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[http://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisit/auto_ca.htm Auto Tour Route - '''California''']}} | |||
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