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California National Historic TrailSouth Pass - virtually all emigrants passed through here on their way west.
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California National Historic Trail
Schedule of Trail Events

Information about Special Events for the California National Historic Trail will be posted on this site. Check back from time to time to find details about new events.


August 2006:

Oregon-California Trails Association, 2006 Convention
in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Photo image of a painting by William Henry Jackson called Crossing the Missouri.  

Did You Know?
William Henry Jackson painted this scene of emigrants crossing the Missouri River from Independence, MO. Each Spring hundreds and thousands of emigrant wagons lined up for days waiting their turn to cross over into what was wilderness in the mid-1800s on their way to a new beginning.
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