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Emigrant Trail Crossing of Present Highway

     
California State Historical Marker, Siskiyou County
 
 
State Hwy 97 (P.M. 14.5), at Military Pass Rd, 14.5 mi NE of Weed, Weed, CA, USA

Latitude & Longitude:
41.558967, -122.209361
 
 
      As early as 1852 wagon trains of overland emigrants crossed six hundred feet to the north of this monument, into Shasta Valley and Yreka, the monument also marks the point where the 1857 military pass from Fort Crook emerged to join the westward emigrant road.
 
Last updated: 11/11/2009 11:05:23





Emigrant Trail Crossing of Present Highway Historical Marker Location Map, Weed, California