California Trail region

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The California Trail region encompasses the historic overland routes and surrounding areas used by 19th-century emigrants traveling from the Missouri River to California during the westward expansion of the United States.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
California Trail region canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural landscape
historic region
overland migration corridor
associatedWithEvent 19th-century overland migration
California Gold Rush
westward expansion of the United States
contains desert stretches
emigrant grave sites
emigrant trails
forts and trading posts
historic trail ruts
historic way stations
mountain passes
river crossings
crosses Idaho
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
Sierra Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
extendsFrom Missouri River
extendsTo California goldfields
Sacramento Valley
followsRouteOf California Trail
hasDesignation part of the California National Historic Trail landscape
hasPart Applegate–Lassen corridor
Carson Route corridor
Humboldt River corridor
linked to: Humboldt River

South Pass area
Truckee Route corridor
historicalPeriod 1840s
1850s
19th century
locatedIn California
Great Basin
Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
United States
Western United States
managedBy National Park Service
overlapsWith Mormon Trail region
Oregon Trail region
significantFor development of the American West
overland emigration to California
usedFor emigrant travel
overland freight routes
wagon travel

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Atchison, Kansas, United States partOfHistoricTrail California Trail region
Lindsay Applegate placeOfActivity California Trail region