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California National Historic TrailDevil's Gate on the Sweetwater River in Wyoming prompted many emigrants to write comments in their diaries and journals.
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Driving directions for following the California NHT by automobile are available using the links above. Click on an individual state for specific auto tour route directions. ATR highway signs have been installed along modern-day roads that parallel the historic route as closely as possible. Directions are listed from east to west.

 
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Visitors at Alcove Spring along the Blue River in Northeastern Kansas.  

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Emigrants often camped for days at Alcove Spring in Northeastern Kansas as they waited for Spring floods to subside. The location was very peacful and had good water and grass for livestock. The ill-fated Donner & Reed wagon train had their first casualty here in 1846 when Sarah Keys died.
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