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California National Historic TrailSouth Pass - virtually all emigrants passed through here on their way west.
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California National Historic Trail
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Driving directions for following the California NHT by automobile are available using the links above. Click on an individual state for specific auto tour route directions. ATR highway signs have been installed along modern-day roads that parallel the historic route as closely as possible. Directions are listed from east to west.

 
California NHT Auto Tour Route driving Map
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Map of the California NHT Auto Tour Route Highways
Photo image of a circa 1800s Union Pacific Railroad engine.  

Did You Know?
It is estimated that between 350,000 and 500,000 people emigrated to the west between the 1840s and 1870s. They came by ox drawn wagons, on foot, & pulling hand carts until the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads completed a rail line in May of 1869 at Promotory Point in Northern Utah.
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