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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Generate an image of the Applegate–Lassen Route (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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
Beckwourth Pass → partOf → Beckwourth Trail ⓘ
linked to: Applegate–Lassen Route
California Trail region → hasPart → Applegate–Lassen corridor ⓘ
linked to: Applegate–Lassen Route