TRANSPORTATION · HISTORICAL MARKER

Overland Emigrant Trail

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In 1849, it is estimated that more than 30,000 settlers came into California over this trail. Near this site, outcroppings of rocks still bear the marks of wagon wheels. For travelers who reached this point, the next ordeal was the tortuous descent into Bear Valley.
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