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California Trail - Wagon Tracks

Wells, Nevada

(On "Radar Hill" just north of Wells, Nevada)

Elko County, Nevada

     

On July 22, 2003, I traveled from Elko to Wells to see something I hadn't seen before.  And I did.  In Wells, I stopped at the "Trail of the Forty-Niners Interpretive Center" at the corner of 6th and Lake Streets in Wells.  There I met Pax Kelly.  The center has a nice display telling you about the California Trail.  She also told me about Wells' website http://www.wellsnevada.com/ (which is a great site about Wells) and gave me a paper directing me to where I could see the California Trail Wagon Tracks  just north of town (a graded dirt road - easily accessible by car).

So here we go.

 

    

Howard Hickson's Histories

Guts and Dreams
What to take on the California Trail

 

USGS Topographic Map of California Trail Tracks

on road by "radio facility" in Section 33, at elevation of about 5,820 feet

(location of trail not shown on map)

    

  

Applicable Portion of California Trail Map

(ruts shown here are on the California Trail - just north of Wells, Nevada)

From priceless brochure  entitled "California Trail - California National Historic Trail"

by

National Park Service

Bureau of Land Management

Forest Service

 

 

Historic marker just west of Wells on old Highway 40

Humboldt Wells

"Trail of the Forty-Niners Interpretive Center" at the corner of 6th and Lake Streets in Wells.

Interpretive Center

Photo inside Interpretive Center

Interpretive Center

 

 

Photo of Wells, Nevada from Wagon Tracks just northwest of Wells, Nevada

(click on this photo to enlarge)

Wells, Nevada
TRAILS WEST - TRAIL MARKER

CALIFORNIA TRAIL - HUMBOLDT WELLS ROUTE

"WE HAD TO DESCENT A BAD HILL TO GET DOWN TO THE CREEK, WHERE WE NOONED NEAR SOME WELL SPRINGS"

- - BYRON McKINSTRY, AUG. 10, 1850

Wells, Nevada - California Trail
Looking north at wagon tracks - Oxley Peak is the pointed Mountain Peak on the left of the photo, part of the Snake Mountain Range.  On the other side of the valley (on the right of the photo are the Windermere Mountains).  The California Trail went through this valley north to what is now Idaho.
Wells, Nevada - California Trail
Wells, Nevada - California Trail
Wells, Nevada - California Trail
Looking South at Wagon Tracks - The distant mountains are the East Humboldt Range
Wells, Nevada - California Trail
Wells, Nevada - California Trail

    

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Links

Elko, Nevada Time-Line

Hastings Cutoff Trail

Hasting Cutoff Trail, South of Wells, Elko County, Nv

Gallagher Fish Hatchery, Ruby Valley, Elko County, Nv 

Overland Pass, White Pine County, Nv 

Mound Valley, Elko County, Nv 

Soap Mines, Huntington Valley, Elko County, Nv 

South Fork Reservoir, Elko County, Nv  

 Wagons Ho!, South Fork Humboldt River, Elko County, Nv

California Trail

California Trail - Wagon Train Ruts, Osino and Ryndon, Nv  

Hot Hole and Elko Hot Springs, Elko, Elko County, Nv 

It All Comes Together Here, Carlin Canyon, Elko County, Nv

Greenhorn Cutoff, Carlin Canyon, Elko County, Nv  

Maiden's Grave, Beowawe, Eureka County, Nv   

Beowawe, Eureka County, Nv 

Dunphy, Eureka County, Nv   

 

Wells Area Links

Angel Lake, Elko County, Nv  

Wells Cemetery, Elko County, Nv 

Bishop Dam, Elko County, Nv 

Metropolis Ghost Town, Elko County, Nv

Ever Want To Buy A Bank?, Wells, Elko County, Nv

 

Other Links

 

Trail Guides, Maps, & Tour Books

 

 

 

 

Additional Information:  Northeastern Nevada Museum

 

 

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Recent Photos by Dan Turner, 5/06/03 and 7/22/03