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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
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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.

 
California NHT Auto Tour Route driving Map
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Map of the California NHT Auto Tour Route Highways
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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