Whichever direction your travels take you, you're going to have a similar experience to what the California-bound emigrants had. You're going to see the same country, except for the towns and the ranch meadows. The big difference, though, is that . . . — — Map (db m67359) HM
The Applegate-Lassen Trail is a 130 mile stretch of the greater Applegate and Lassen trails which run through Pershing, Humboldt, and Washoe Counties. This section parts from the California Trail at the Humboldt River and Northern end of Rye . . . — — Map (db m244726) HM
The land you presently occupy once stood as a formidable barrier for those who elected to spread westward, and their long-held dreams of prosperity. The account of one Eleazar Stillman Ingalls paints a bleak picture over the canvas of this Grand . . . — — Map (db m166731) HM
"Grass the best I ever saw. Better than any meadow in the
states. There are a large number of campers around us all
cutting grass with sythis" - William R. Brown, Sep 7, 1853
M.E.0. 1996
Guidebook available
Trails West Inc. P.O. Box . . . — — Map (db m263865) HM
"Came to the Sink of St Marys a dreary road, dessolate
as a frozen lake" - William Chamberlain, Aug 4, 1849
M.E.O. 1996
Guidebook available
Trails West Inc. P. O. Box 12035 Reno, Nevada 89510
Emigrant Trail-Humboldt River Route . . . — — Map (db m264103) HM
“Passed down the valley near the slough... the slough water
is considerably impregnated with alkali, but is used for
animals & all other purposes.... No good water below this
slough, nor grass.” - Augustus Ripley Burbank, Aug 30, 1849
. . . — — Map (db m263930) HM
Crazy Corners Saloon was purchased in April of 1978 by Frank and Sandra Myers. When the Myers took over ownership Crazy Corners was not just a bar, it was also a convenience store and gas station. They sold everything from bread to fishing . . . — — Map (db m167005) HM
Dedicated in memory of
Kark O. Olfers
who willed this site and building known as Olfers Garage to the City of Lovelock for the use of the Lovelock Fire Department. A charter member of this department, since June 10, 1934 he served as Chief . . . — — Map (db m46501) HM
The 40 Mile Desert, beginning here, is a barren stretch of waterless alkali wasteland. It was the most dreaded section of the California Emigrant Trail. If possible, it was traveled by night because of the great heat.
The route was first . . . — — Map (db m67348) HM
Stretching before you are two vast sinks, terminal areas of the Humboldt and Carson River drainage systems. The marshey remnant of Lake Lahontan, between you and the distant Humboldt Range, served as a life sustaining resource of wildlife for . . . — — Map (db m263929) HM
The Ice House stood just about 150 feet behind you. It was part of the Pitt Mill & Elevator Company which sold several products including lumber, garden supplies, farm supplies, paint and wall paper. The company was moved to the site around 1912 . . . — — Map (db m166722) HM
Legalized prostitution is part of the colorful chapter in Nevada's history, and Lovelock's paragraph is as red as the lights that marked such establishments.
Irene York owned the La' Belle brothel, which was located "across the tracks" at 140 . . . — — Map (db m238055) HM
Although rarely recognized or celebrated, the members of Northern Nevada's Chinese immigrant population have contributed significantly to the state's history and culture through the building of the Northern Nevada railway system, and their vital . . . — — Map (db m218954) HM
Welcome to Lovelock, where friends, family and lovers come to forever lock their customs symbolically locking one's love on a never-ending chain. It is said that love will endure as long as the lock remains on the chain.
No one knows how or . . . — — Map (db m300450) HM
Col. Joseph Marzen was born in Germany in 1928 and immigrated to New York City in 1846.
He quickly learned he was born to be a butcher and honed his craft there until he went west to Sacramento, CA in 1851. Not one to settle down yet, he moved on . . . — — Map (db m194789) HM
Mazuma, Nevada was once a small mining town in Pershing County. The name "Mazuma” is
derived from a Yiddish slang word for money. One of four towns settled during the 1907 gold rush in the Seven Troughs Mining District, Mazuma was centrally located . . . — — Map (db m194790) HM
Here was a key point on Nevada's earliest road, the famed Humboldt Trail that brought 165,000 imigrants west in the 1840's and 50's. Travelers named this rich valley the Big Meadows and stopped for water and grass before continuing south to cross . . . — — Map (db m67898) HM
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this is the only round court house in daily use in our nation. The circular-hexagon contour was inspired from Thomas Jefferson's library at the University of Virginia. Six Ionic columns in terra . . . — — Map (db m167144) HM
The Seven Troughs Mining District is located at the western slope of the Seven Troughs Mountain Range, just west of Lovelock. The name of the range and mining district comes from the seven water troughs built by a local sheep rancher, Frank M. . . . — — Map (db m167134) HM
Look at the barren country south of here just beyond this Rest Stop. This is the Forty-Mile Desert--a barren stretch of waterless alkali wasteland. It was the single-most dreaded section of the entire California Trail from the banks of the Missouri . . . — — Map (db m67357) HM
Truckee Trail - Forks of the Trail
"Continued along a slue to the foot of a small hill. Here
the roads fork, the left hand being the Carson Route, the
right the Truckee...Bidding adieu to the Humboldt & sink passed up the hill to the . . . — — Map (db m264210) HM
