Beckwourth Trail Mapping Team

After a couple of cancelled outings due to bad weather, the Beckwourth Trail Mapping Team finally hit the trail May 2 & 3. Under the direction of Plumas County Museum Director Scott Lawson and Plumas National Forest Archaeologist Dan Elliott, the first day they “paid their dues,” cutting a veritable jungle of manzanita from what appeared to be a “commerce” road from Elizabethtown uphill to the known Emigrant Trail so they could metal detect.  The second day the group followed the Beckwourth Trail as it is presently mapped and near the base of the first hill found wagon wheel parts and several cut nails. Not much else was found until later in the afternoon when once again hand-hewn metal pieces were located. More to come in the next issue of Trail Talk.

If you’d like to join the team during the rest of the summer, contact Dick Waugh at camalobo@comcast.net.

Chapter Board of Directors Meeting, Carson City, Nevada           

Beckwourth Emigrant Trail (BET) Mapping Team Field Outings
Quincy, CA         

Johnson's Cutoff Mapping Team Field Outings
Placerville, CA

OCTA National Convention, Lawrence, Kansas

Annual Fernley Swales Clean up and Field Day
Fernley, Nevada

More Information about the clean up