Historic Sites and Points of Interest in Washoe County
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.