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:
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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