California-Nevada Chapter
Oregon-California Trails Association

The California-Nevada Chapter is one of eleven chapters of the Oregon-California Trails Association, an organization dedicated to the preservation, appreciation and enjoyment of all Trans-Mississippi migration trails to the West, the trails that made the United States an ocean-to-ocean nation.


2010 OCTA Convention, Elko NV2010 OCTA Convention

Presented by the California-Nevada Chapter

August 10-14, 2010
We have a full and exciting line-up for those visitng Elko during the convention. Join us for speakers, workshops and a tour of locations throughout the Elko area, including the new California Trail Center.

Planned Tours

  • Wells - Ruby Valley
  • Gravelly Ford - Humboldt Highroad
  • Newmont Mine (modern gold mine)
  • Tuscarora Historic Mining Camp
  • Lamoille Canyon (hiking)
  • Greenhorn Cutoff (hiking)

Convention Hotels

Red Lion Inn (next door to the Convention Center)
100 rooms; 50 standard @ $69 and 50 premium @ $89. Call 775-738-2111

Gold Country Inn (across the street from the Convention Center)
50 standard rooms @ $79. Call 775-738-8421

High Desert
50 executive rooms at $69. Call 775-738-8425.

Hilton Garden Inn
35 rooms @ $99. Call 775-777-1200.

Stockmen's Hotel (downtown)
100 rooms @ $39.50.

There is also a Super-8, 775-738-8488, and the Parkview Inn, 775-753-7747, a block away and within easy walking distance of the Elko Convention Center.


Spring Symposium

Bakersfield, April 30 - May 1, 2010

Raft River-Humboldt Route
Photo: Shann Rupp

Californial Trail Center

Elko Convention Center


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