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A northern route was usually called the California Trail. [ 1] Map of Marcy's Itineraries. Note the northern and southern 1849 trails through Texas. [ 2] The California Road followed the route laid out by Captain Randolph B. Marcy escorting gold seekers during the spring of 1849. In 1850, Captain R.B. Marcy established Camp Arbuckle on the ...
1933 map of the Inter-American Highway portion of the Pan-American Highway. The official route of the Pan-American Highway through Mexico (where it is known as the Inter-American Highway) starts at Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas (opposite Laredo, Texas), and goes south to Mexico City along Mexican Federal Highway 85. [15]
In that section of trail, a traveler going to Shasta City might travel north passing another traveler going south to Sutter's Fort California. In 1857, Congress appropriated $300,000 (~$7.74 million in 2023) for building a wagon road to California and to establish the Fort Kearny, South Pass and Honey Lake Wagon Road. Exactly why the road was ...
Nevada: March 21, 2008. The Old Spanish Trail ( Spanish: Viejo Sendero Español) is a historical trade route that connected the northern New Mexico settlements of (or near) Santa Fe, New Mexico with those of Los Angeles, California and southern California. Approximately 700 mi (1,100 km) long, the trail ran through areas of high mountains, arid ...
Interstate 40 ( I-40) is a major east–west transcontinental Interstate Highway in the southeastern and southwestern portions of the United States. At a length of 2,556.61 miles (4,114.46 km), it is the third-longest Interstate Highway in the country, after I-90 and I-80. From west to east, it passes through California, Arizona, New Mexico ...
CR S2 north – Seven miles north of Ocotillo and I-8 in eastern San Diego County on S2 (Imperial Highway/Sweeney Pass Road) between I-8 and State Route 78 SR 86 north / SR 78 west – On the west side of the Salton Sea and just south of the intersection of California State Routes 78 and 86 – 33°07′30″N 115°51′17″W / 33. ...
U.S. Route 101, or U.S. Highway 101 ( US 101 ), is a north–south highway that traverses the states of California, Oregon, and Washington on the West Coast of the United States. It is part of the United States Numbered Highway System and runs for over 1,500 miles (2,400 km) along the Pacific Ocean. The highway is also known by various names ...
This 30-mile stretch of twisting, tortured highway featured a 1,500ft elevation drop and a series of switchbacks and bridges through limestone cliffs that loomed 1,000ft above our RV ...