NoeHill Travels in the American West: Nevada

Historic Sites and Points of Interest in Washoe County

Truckee Trail - Truckee Meadows Ford

Truckee Trail - Truckee Meadows Ford

Truckee River

20 October 2016
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Truckee Trail Marker 20: Truckee Meadows Ford
McCarran Boulevard
Reno

Truckee Trail - Truckee Meadows Ford

[Just before fording to the north side of Truckee River]" the road forks the left hand one is the old Truckee Route to Sacramento...The right hand one and the one we traveled is Beckwiths Cutoff [Beckwourth Trail]" - East S. Owen, Aug 22, 1852

This marker is also Marker 1 on the Beckwourth Trail.

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