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Learn about the California Trail, an emigrant trail across the western US from Missouri River towns to California. Find out the different routes, landmarks, and challenges along the trail, and how it was used by immigrants, migrants, and pioneers.
James Beckwourth was a multiracial American fur trapper, explorer, and author who lived with the Crow people for many years. He claimed to have been kidnapped by Cheyenne and adopted by a Crow chief, and he discovered Beckwourth Pass in the Sierra Nevada.
Beckwourth Pass is the lowest mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada at 5,221 feet (1,591 m). It was discovered by James Beckwourth in 1850 and used by emigrants, cattle, sheep, and horses along the Beckwourth Trail.
SR 70 is a state highway in California that connects SR 99 with US 395 via the Feather River Canyon. It follows the historic Beckwourth Trail and the Feather River Route rail line, and has three tunnels and several scenic bridges.
Plumas County is a county in the Sierra Nevada of California, named for the Feather River. It has a history of gold mining, timber industry, and tourism, and is home to Lake Almanor and Beckwourth Pass.
Joseph R. Walker was a mountain man and scout who explored the American frontier and established the California Trail. He also crossed the Great Basin, the Sierra Nevada, and the Mojave Desert, and became an emigrant leader and a fur trader.
Nervino Airport (FAA identifier: O02 or oscar-zero-two) is plotted three quarters of a mile east of Beckwourth along State Route 70 on the Reconnaissance Peak, California 7.5 minute quadrangle. It has a 4,600-foot (1,400 m) runway and is located at 39°49′05″N 120°21′20″W / 39.81806°N 120.35556°W / 39.81806; -120.35556
The mountain is visible from Beckwourth Pass through which Ina Coolbrith traveled, at the age of 11, with a party led by James Beckwourth. [3] [4] She would later claim to have been the first white child brought into California.