EMIGRANT TRAIL CROSSING OF PRESENT HIGHWAY

Historical Landmark

Description:
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.

Registration Date: 3/25/1954

Location:
City: Weed
County: Siskiyou

Directions:
State Hwy 97 (P.M. 14.5), at Military Pass Rd, 14.5 mi NE of Weed

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