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| OCTA CA-NV Chapter Trails History | Updated on December 8, 2005 |
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| Lassen Thread Message # 33 |
| date | December 7, 2005 |
| author | Stafford Hazelett |
| subject | D Silva: Lassen and Fremont |
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Another comment from Dick Silva on Lassen and Fremont as we mull this over. Stafford >From: "Richard Silva">Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 08:35:45 -0800 >... >I asked this question, where did Fremont get his information on the trail >to the north? Looks as though Fremont would follow Battle Creek to east of >Shingletown, in the area of the Manzanita Chute it was impossible to pass >through without cutting. I believe he took the Military Road (Fort Crook >Road) to Lost Creek - Hat Creek - Hat Creek Rim turning northeast near >Government Wells across the Plateau pass Bald Mountain to cross the Pit >River near Pittville over the hills to Bieber (Big Valley) to Round Valley >at this point he was near the Burnett's California Trail then on north to >Copic Bay etc. > >Fremont had some idea of the area on his 1843 trip > >Lassen was a member of the Gillispie party, Fremont makes no mention of >Lassen when he would meet Neal - Gillispie later? I have Fremont first >edition coming,I will check this out. > >Lassen would have a should have knowledge of the area at this time. >. >When P. B. Reading came through from Fort Boise - Malhaur Lakes (The >Narrows) - Lake Abert, following the valley to (Lakeview Or.) to Goose >Lake, he traveled on the west side not on the east side Ogden's route, >trapper trail, meeting the North Fork Pit River, across the Hot Springs >Valley to meet the Pit River between Fall River and Hat Creek, then >followed close to the trapper trail Hat Creek (Canoe Creek) to Burney >Mountain - Cow Creek to the Sacramento Valley. > >"Members of the party: Joseph B. Chiles, Pierson B. Reading, Samuel J. >Hensley, Milton McGee, John Myers, Captain John Grantt, William Martin, >Charles Bradley, Henry Chase; and three Brothers: James, John, Isaac, and >Squire Williams." Pierson Barton Reading by Helen S. Giffen, Shasta >Historical Society, Redding Ca. >... >Richard |
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