Imagine such a vast desert with 175 miles of emigrant trails leading toward. ... used Fremont's notes and maps to secure a safer route into ... Peter Lassen cleaved from this trail in 1848, ...

A winter excursion on Nobles Emigrant Trail in Lassen Volcanic National Park is a package deal: great workout, nice scenery and a bit of history. The section of the pioneer trail near the ...

Their path would become known as the Applegate Trail. Danish emigrant Pete Lassen, who held a Mexican land grant in Northern California, also saw the value of enticing settlers to his region ...

In the mid-19th century, Peter Lassen opened a trail to take Easterners on the long, harsh trek from Missouri to California. Nevada-to-California ride re-creates pioneer journey, minus wagons ...

Travelers on the Emigrant Trail, which stretched across Northern Nevada, would have been elated to come upon the Rye Patch Reservoir. More than 80 years before the Rye Patch Reservoir was built, ...

The 13th annual Lassen-Applegate Emigrant Trail Ride for four-wheel drive and SUV vehicles will be held on the weekend of July 20-23. According to Warner Anderson, trail boss and narrator for the trip ...

Not all sections of the emigrant trail could be studied since many areas are on private land. But it’s a start, and readers will be ushered into the hard but glorious work required to bring to ...

High Rock Canyon will be closed between the canyon’s southern entrance and around five miles below Stevens Camp. The closure period starts at the end Chukar hunting season from Feb. 3 through May 9.

Just 2.5 miles north of Truckee on State Route 89 is the Alder Creek Donner Camp Picnic Area, where a portion of the Donner Party struggled to survive in ...

LASSEN PARK — Two prescribed burn projects are scheduled though Nov. 12 in Lassen Volcanic National Park. The 410-acre Summertown burn unit is located in the northwest section of the park jus… ...

Just three working days before the board of supervisors will discuss the Emigrant Trail issues at its Aug. 27 meeting, the planning director, Brian Foss, released a report that did not address all the ...