NoeHill Travels in California
California Historical Landmarks in Plumas County
California Historical Landmark 336
Beckwourth Pass
State Route 70
Chilcoot
 "Beckwourth Pass on State Route 70")
 "California Historical Landmark 336: Beckwourth Pass")
 "California Historical Landmark 336: Beckwourth Pass")
8 October 2017
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Emigrant Trail
Beckwourth Pass
Elevation 5221
Lowest pass in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Discovered in 1851 by James P. Beckwourth
Dedicated to the discoverer and to the pioneers who passed along this trail by the Las Plumas Parlor No. 254 N.D.G.W.
1937
No Desert's waste nor Redskins bold could swerve them from this western strand - naught could their courage e'er dismay in onward trudging day by day.
A. W. Wern