Lassen Emigrant Trail
| Lassen Emigrant Trail Markers | |
|---|---|
 Emigrants Wagon train | |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | |
| Built | 1848 |
| Reference no. | 763 and 678 |
  Location of Lassen Emigrant Trail Markers in California  Lassen Emigrant Trail (the United States) | |
Lassen Emigrant Trail, also called the Lassen Cutoff is a historical road in Bieber, California and Westwood, California in Lassen County. Peter Lassen built the Lassen Emigrant Trail in 1848 as a cutoff of the California Trail. Lassen was the leader of a Wagon train from Missouri to California. The Wagon train included 12 covered wagons full of emigrants heading west, some part of the California Gold Rush. The Trail passed near the California historical marker. The Lassen Emigrant Trail was used from 1848 to 1953 by large groups of 49 miners. Indian wars started along the trail so emigrants started to use other trails. A California Historical Landmark marker No. 763, was placed near the trail on September 10, 1961. The marker was built by the California State Park Commission working with the Bieber and Lassen County Chambers of Commerce and Lassen County Historical Society at the Clara Bieber Memorial Park.[1][2]
A Second Lassen Emigrant Trail California Historical Landmark, No.678 is on California State Route 36 west of Westwood, California.[3]
Peter Lassen (1800-1859), also called Don Pedro Lassen was a Danish-born Californian ranchero and gold prospector. Lassen was born in Denmark and at age 30, in 1830, moved to Massachusetts and then to Alta California, California in 1840.[4] Lassen became a citizen of First Mexican Empire and was granted a large Ranchos, Rancho Bosquejo, from Governor Manuel Micheltorena.[5][6] Lassen County, California, Lassen Peak, and Lassen Volcanic National Park are named after him.[7]
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- ^ "Lassen Emigrant Trail Marker #763". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- ^ "Lassen Emigrant Trail Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
- ^ "Lassen Emigrant Trail Marker #678". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- ^ "Leyes de California: Aprobadas en la Quinta Sesión de la Lejislatura, Que Comenzó en Benicia El Cuatro de Enero de 1854, Y Concluyó en Sacramento El Quince de Mayo Del Mismo Año". Impresas por B. Redding. September 9, 1854 – via Google Books.
- ^ "September 9 to 15, 2020 by Tahoe Weekly - Issuu". issuu.com. September 7, 2020.
- ^ "Lassen's Bosquejo Rancho Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
- ^ "History of Lassen Volcanic National Park and Surrounding Region" (PDF). National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 25, 2015.