Guidebook
NO. 799 OVERLAND EMIGRANT TRAIL - Over a hundred years ago, this trail resounded to creaking wheels of pioneer wagons and the cries of hardy travelers on their way to the gold fields. It is estimated that over thirty thousand people used this trail in 1849. Here the old trail approaches the present highway.
Location
SE side of Wolf Creek Bridge, State Hwy 49 (P.M. 3.61), 10 mi S of Grass Valley
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Notes
A new state plaque has replaced the one that was missing.
NO. 799 OVERLAND EMIGRANT TRAIL - Marker
NO. 799 OVERLAND EMIGRANT TRAIL - Marker
NO. 799 OVERLAND EMIGRANT TRAIL - State Plaque