Hastings Cutoff-California Trail Center-Elko

Inside the California Trail center, 10 miles west of Elko NV, visitors can follow the entire California Trail. Interpretive panels, graphics, and artifacts help them experience the trek. Major emphasis is on the Bidwell-Bartleson and Donner-Reed Parties. Both cut from the main trail. Bidwell's negotiated a segment of what would become HCO. They only succeeded by jettisoning their wagons and still struggled over the Sierra Nevada.

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