California Trail region

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The California Trail region encompasses the historic overland routes and surrounding areas used by 19th-century emigrants traveling from the Missouri River to California during the westward expansion of the United States.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
California Trail region canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural landscape ⓘ
historic region ⓘ
overland migration corridor ⓘ
associatedWithEvent 19th-century overland migration ⓘ
California Gold Rush ⓘ
westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
contains desert stretches ⓘ
emigrant grave sites ⓘ
emigrant trails ⓘ
forts and trading posts ⓘ
historic trail ruts ⓘ
historic way stations ⓘ
mountain passes ⓘ
river crossings ⓘ
crosses Idaho ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
extendsFrom Missouri River ⓘ
extendsTo California goldfields ⓘ
Sacramento Valley ⓘ
followsRouteOf California Trail ⓘ
hasDesignation part of the California National Historic Trail landscape ⓘ
hasPart Applegate–Lassen corridor ⓘ
Carson Route corridor ⓘ
Humboldt River corridor ⓘ
linked to: Humboldt River

South Pass area ⓘ
Truckee Route corridor ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1840s ⓘ
1850s ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
Great Basin ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Western United States ⓘ
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
overlapsWith Mormon Trail region ⓘ
Oregon Trail region ⓘ
significantFor development of the American West ⓘ
overland emigration to California ⓘ
usedFor emigrant travel ⓘ
overland freight routes ⓘ
wagon travel ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atchison, Kansas, United States → partOfHistoricTrail → California Trail region ⓘ
Lindsay Applegate → placeOfActivity → California Trail region ⓘ