California Trail
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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.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T71069 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Trail Context triple: [California Gold Rush, transportRoute, California Trail]
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A.
High Sierra Trail
The High Sierra Trail is a renowned long-distance hiking route in California’s Sierra Nevada that traverses dramatic alpine terrain from the western side of the range to Mount Whitney.
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B.
Pacific Crest Trail
The Pacific Crest Trail is a long-distance hiking and equestrian route that runs from the Mexican border to the Canadian border through California, Oregon, and Washington along the crests of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountain ranges.
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C.
John Muir Trail
The John Muir Trail is a long-distance hiking route in California renowned for its spectacular alpine scenery as it passes through Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia National Parks.
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D.
Mount Whitney Trail
Mount Whitney Trail is the primary hiking route used by climbers to reach the summit of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States.
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E.
Congress Trail
Congress Trail is a popular hiking path in California’s Sequoia National Park known for its dense concentration of giant sequoia trees and easy, scenic loop through old-growth forest.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Trail Target entity description: 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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A.
High Sierra Trail
The High Sierra Trail is a renowned long-distance hiking route in California’s Sierra Nevada that traverses dramatic alpine terrain from the western side of the range to Mount Whitney.
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B.
Pacific Crest Trail
The Pacific Crest Trail is a long-distance hiking and equestrian route that runs from the Mexican border to the Canadian border through California, Oregon, and Washington along the crests of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountain ranges.
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C.
John Muir Trail
The John Muir Trail is a long-distance hiking route in California renowned for its spectacular alpine scenery as it passes through Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia National Parks.
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D.
Mount Whitney Trail
Mount Whitney Trail is the primary hiking route used by climbers to reach the summit of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States.
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E.
Congress Trail
Congress Trail is a popular hiking path in California’s Sequoia National Park known for its dense concentration of giant sequoia trees and easy, scenic loop through old-growth forest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century transportation route
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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
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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
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transport of emigrant wagons ⓘ westward migration ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: California Trail Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
California emigrant trail system
this entity surface form:
Truckee Route
this entity surface form:
Oregon-California Trail
this entity surface form:
California Trail network
this entity surface form:
California Trail network
this entity surface form:
California Trail corridor
this entity surface form:
Hastings Cutoff (in part)
this entity surface form:
Emigrant Trail routes over the Sierra Nevada
this entity surface form:
California Trail era