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NO. 517 EMIGRANT TRAIL CROSSING OF PRESENT HIGHWAY - As early as 1852 wagon trains of overland emigrants crossed six hundred feet to the north of this monument, into Shasta Valley and Yreka, the monument also marks the point where the 1857 military pass from Fort Crook emerged to join the westward emigrant road.
Location
(State Hwy 97 (P.M. 14.5), at Military Pass Rd, 14.5 mi NE of Weed)
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NO. 517 EMIGRANT TRAIL CROSSING OF PRESENT HIGHWAY - Marker
NO. 517 EMIGRANT TRAIL CROSSING OF PRESENT HIGHWAY - Marker
NO. 517 EMIGRANT TRAIL CROSSING OF PRESENT HIGHWAY - State Plaque
NO. 517 EMIGRANT TRAIL CROSSING OF PRESENT HIGHWAY - Mt. Shasta
NO. 517 EMIGRANT TRAIL CROSSING OF PRESENT HIGHWAY - Mt. Shasta