Remaining historic resources and sites on the 165-year-old California Trail are scattered along the legislated 5,600 plus miles of the original trail. The Photo Gallery has images that are intended to provide a sampling of what trail remnants can be found.
Did You Know? After struggling across nearly 100 miles of salt flats and soft, wet sand in Utah's Great Salt Lake Desert in the late summer of 1846, the Donner-Reed wagon train reached the Silver Mountains and fresh water just north of this location along Interstate 80 near the Nevada/Utah border. more...