NoeHill Travels in California
Alpine County Points of Interest
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The marker is in the lower left corner of the photograph in front of the aspen tree
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West Fork Carson River at Crystal
Springs Road
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Crystal Springs Road bridge over
West Fork Carson River
22 October 2022
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Carson Trail Marker 38: First Crossing in Mad Canyon
State Route 88 at Emigrant Trail
State Route 88 at Emigrant Trail
The plaque reads:
Carson Trail - First Crossing in Mad Canyon
"The river here is...filled with large rocks. We crossed on a bridge but expect to ford the next times...We started through Mad Canyon which is rightly named...the hardest place for teams I ever saw" - Caroline L. Richardson, Sep 12, 1852