California Trail

E14534

19th-century transportation route historic emigrant trail overland wagon route

The California Trail was a major 19th-century overland wagon route that carried hundreds of thousands of emigrants westward to California, especially during the California Gold Rush.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
California Trail canonical	26
California Trail network	2
California Trail corridor	1
California Trail era	1
California emigrant trail system	1
Emigrant Trail routes over the Sierra Nevada	1
Hastings Cutoff (in part)	1
Oregon-California Trail	1
Truckee Route	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century transportation route ⓘ historic emigrant trail ⓘ overland wagon route ⓘ
approximateLength	over 2000 miles ⓘ
connectsTo	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Humboldt River ⓘ Missouri River frontier ⓘ Mormon Trail ⓘ Oregon Trail ⓘ Sierra Nevada ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
crosses	Sierra Nevada ⓘ surface form: Sierra Nevada mountains
estimatedEmigrants	hundreds of thousands of people ⓘ
follows	Humboldt River ⓘ Platte River ⓘ Sweetwater River ⓘ
hasVariant	Applegate–Lassen Route ⓘ Carson Trail ⓘ surface form: Carson Route Nobles Trail ⓘ California Trail self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Truckee Route
heritageStatus	National Historic Trail ⓘ surface form: National Historic Trail (as part of California National Historic Trail)
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
locatedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States western United States ⓘ surface form: Western United States
maintainedBy	National Park Service ⓘ surface form: National Park Service (commemorative management)
notableFeature	arduous desert crossings in Nevada ⓘ steep Sierra Nevada passes ⓘ
partOf	United States territorial expansion ⓘ surface form: Westward Expansion of the United States
passesThrough	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Idaho ⓘ Nebraska ⓘ Nevada ⓘ Utah ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ
peakUsageDuring	California Gold Rush ⓘ
significantEvent	California Gold Rush ⓘ
startPoint	Council Bluffs ⓘ surface form: Council Bluffs, Iowa Independence, Missouri, United States ⓘ surface form: Independence, Missouri Missouri River jumping-off towns ⓘ St. Joseph, Missouri ⓘ
terminus	Sacramento Valley ⓘ San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
transportMode	covered wagons ⓘ ox-drawn wagons ⓘ
usedBetween	1840s ⓘ 1850s ⓘ 1860s ⓘ
usedFor	overland travel to California ⓘ transport of emigrant wagons ⓘ westward migration ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

California Gold Rush → transportRoute → California Trail ⓘ

National Frontier Trails Museum → dedicatedTo → California Trail ⓘ

Carson Pass → onHistoricRoute → California Trail ⓘ

this entity surface form: California emigrant trail system

Queen City of the Trails → associatedWith → California Trail ⓘ

Independence Square Historic District → associatedWith → California Trail ⓘ

California Trail → hasVariant → California Trail self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Truckee Route

Nebraska → historicTrail → California Trail ⓘ

Oregon Trail → alsoKnownAs → California Trail ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oregon-California Trail

Oregon Trail → relatedTo → California Trail ⓘ

Sutter’s Fort → associatedWith → California Trail ⓘ

Carson Trail → partOf → California Trail ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Trail network

Gateway City → associatedWithTrail → California Trail ⓘ

Humboldt River → usedBy → California Trail ⓘ

Applegate–Lassen Route → partOf → California Trail ⓘ

Applegate–Lassen Route → branchOf → California Trail ⓘ

Applegate–Lassen Route → connectedTo → California Trail ⓘ

Nobles Trail → partOf → California Trail ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Trail network

Nobles Trail → associatedWith → California Trail ⓘ

Western Historic Trails Center → focusesOn → California Trail ⓘ

Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 → relatedTo → California Trail ⓘ

Scotts Bluff National Monument → partOf → California Trail ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Trail corridor

Fort Hall → partOf → California Trail ⓘ

Chimney Rock → onRoute → California Trail ⓘ

South Pass → partOf → California Trail ⓘ

Mormon pioneers → usedRoute → California Trail ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hastings Cutoff (in part)

Donner Party → route → California Trail ⓘ

Pioneer Monument → nearbySite → California Trail ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emigrant Trail routes over the Sierra Nevada

Chief Truckee → historicalContext → California Trail ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Trail era

Platte River → usedBy → California Trail ⓘ

Fort Bridger, Wyoming → locatedOnRoute → California Trail ⓘ

Fort Bridger, Wyoming → hasCategory → California Trail ⓘ

Sweetwater River → landmarkOn → California Trail ⓘ

Casper, Wyoming → hasHistoricTrailAssociation → California Trail ⓘ

Fort Kearny → associatedWith → California Trail ⓘ

Treaty of Fort Atkinson (1853) → appliesToRoute → California Trail ⓘ