Applegate–Lassen Route

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emigrant trail historic trail overland route

The Applegate–Lassen Route was an alternative emigrant trail in the mid-19th century that branched off the main California Trail to provide a northern route into California and southern Oregon.

Aliases (1)

Lassen Trail ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	emigrant trail → historic trail → overland route →
alternativeName	Applegate Trail → Lassen Trail →
branchOf	California Trail →
connectedTo	California Trail → Oregon Trail →
country	United States →
endPoint	Oregon’s Willamette Valley region → Sacramento Valley →
hazard	desert crossings → mountain passes → water scarcity →
heritage	part of American Westward Expansion history →
historicalPeriod	mid-19th century →
historicalUse	Gold Rush migration →
locatedIn	California → Idaho → Nevada → Oregon →
namedAfter	Jesse Applegate → John Applegate → Lindsay Applegate → Peter Lassen →
partOf	California Trail →
peakUsagePeriod	early 1850s → late 1840s →
routeType	northern route into California → southern route into Oregon →
startPoint	Humboldt River → near present-day Rye Patch Reservoir, Nevada →
status	historic route →
transportMode	horse-drawn wagons → ox-drawn wagons →
traverses	Black Rock Desert → Lassen Meadows → Modoc Plateau → Pit River region → Sacramento Valley region → Smoke Creek Desert → Warner Mountains →
use	emigrant travel → migration to California → migration to Oregon → wagon travel →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Applegate–Lassen Route ("Lassen Trail") →	alternativeName
California Trail →	hasVariant