Monday, December 23, 2024

wagon train in Nevada, 1860s


A wagon train following the California Trail through Nevada during the 1860s. The Bartleson-Bidwell Party was the first wagon train to travel the California Trail through Nevada in 1841. By 1869, about 450,000 people had traveled in a covered wagon along the California Trail in Nevada. The 40 mile wilderness between Lovelock and Fernley was the worst part of the trail because there was no water. In Fallon, during the 1930s, it was still possible to find many wrecks of the wagons that crossed that stretch of desert. (Archeology and Ancient World FB)

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