Alpine County Points of Interest
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Trails West, Inc.
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Nevada Emigrant Trail Marking Committee
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The top rail displays a Luther Pass marker.
The bottom rail displays two Carson Trail markers,
one on each side of the rail.
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The markers are between the truck and the tall tree.
21 October 2022
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Burnside Road
This T-marker has three plates. One commemorates the Luther Pass Trail and two commemorate the Carson Trail.
The newer Carson Trail plate was installed by Trails West in 2003. It reads:
Carson Trail - Hope Valley
"We immerged [sic] from the canon [sic] into a pretty valley in between two ranges of high mountains. Pretty pine trees were scattered over a small grass lawn, and a beautiful mountain stream passed through it." - Lorena L. Hayes, Sep 13, 1853"
The older plate was installed by the Nevada Emigrant Trail Marking Committee (NETMC) in 1968. It reads:
Emigrant Trail - Carson River Route
Marker No. C.R.R.27 - Hope Valley
Emigrants rested in this beautiful valley on their way to Carson Pass.
The Nevada Emigrant Trail Marking Committee (NETMC), founded in Reno in 1967, was the first organization to mark emigrant trails with distinctive steel-rail T markers.
In 1975, NETMC transferred ownership of the markers to Trails West, Inc. The original markers were integrated into a renumbered trail marking system. The original NETMC plate was attached to one side of the steel rail and a new descriptive aluminum plate was attached to the other side of the rail.
Source: Carson Trail Driving Guide published by Trails West, Inc.