Applegate–Lassen Route

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The Applegate–Lassen Route was an alternative emigrant trail in the mid-19th century that branched off the main California Trail to provide a northern route into California and southern Oregon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf emigrant trail
historic trail
overland route
alternativeName Applegate Trail
Lassen Trail
branchOf California Trail
connectedTo California Trail
Oregon Trail
country United States
endPoint Oregon’s Willamette Valley region
linked to: Willamette Valley

Sacramento Valley
hazard desert crossings
mountain passes
water scarcity
heritage part of American Westward Expansion history
historicalPeriod mid-19th century
historicalUse Gold Rush migration
locatedIn California
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
namedAfter Jesse Applegate
John Applegate
Lindsay Applegate
Peter Lassen
partOf California Trail
peakUsagePeriod early 1850s
late 1840s
routeType northern route into California
southern route into Oregon
startPoint Humboldt River
near present-day Rye Patch Reservoir, Nevada
status historic route
transportMode horse-drawn wagons
ox-drawn wagons
traverses Black Rock Desert
Lassen Meadows
Modoc Plateau
Pit River region
Sacramento Valley region
linked to: Sacramento Valley

Smoke Creek Desert
linked to: Black Rock Desert

Warner Mountains
use emigrant travel
migration to California
migration to Oregon
wagon travel

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California Trail hasVariant Applegate–Lassen Route
Applegate–Lassen Route alternativeName Lassen Trail
linked to: Applegate–Lassen Route
Pieter Lassen notableFor Lassen Cutoff of the California Trail
linked to: Applegate–Lassen Route
Pieter Lassen hasAssociatedTrail Lassen Cutoff
linked to: Applegate–Lassen Route
Peter Lassen trailPioneered Lassen Cutoff
linked to: Applegate–Lassen Route
Peter Lassen trailPioneered Lassen Trail
linked to: Applegate–Lassen Route
Peter Lassen partOf California Trail (via Lassen Cutoff)
linked to: Applegate–Lassen Route