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Cedar Springs Pass was one of the first passes on the [[Applegate-Lassen Trail]] after the trail departed Lassen Meadows.
Cedar Springs is a spring located southeast of [[Scossa]] and southwest of [[Antelope Springs]].
 
Cedar Springs Pass was one of the first passes on the [[Applegate-Lassen Trail]] after the trail departed Lassen Meadows.


Davis writes:
Davis writes:
:"The  overland  travel  through  the  county  in  the  early  days  followed  the course  of  the  Humboldt  River  to  a  point  known  as  "Lassen  Meadows," from  the  residence  there  of  a  man  named  Lassen,  who  afterward  moved to  California  and  from  whom  the  Lassen  County  of  that  State  is  named. This  place  was  on  the  river,  about  four  miles  west  of  Humboldt  House. Here  the  overland  route  divided,  the  main  travel  going  across  the  river to  the  West,  out  through  the  Cedar  Springs  Pass  to  the  Black  Rock Desert,  through  Susanville  and  the  Beckwith  Pass  in  the  Sierras,  to  the gold  fields  of  California."<ref>"[https://archive.org/details/historyofnevada02davirich/page/889/mode/1up?q=%22Cedar+Springs+Pass%22 The History of Nevada],"  Sam P. Davis, p. 889, 1913.</ref>
:"The  overland  travel  through  the  county  in  the  early  days  followed  the course  of  the  Humboldt  River  to  a  point  known  as  "Lassen  Meadows," from  the  residence  there  of  a  man  named  Lassen,  who  afterward  moved to  California  and  from  whom  the  Lassen  County  of  that  State  is  named. This  place  was  on  the  river,  about  four  miles  west  of  Humboldt  House. Here  the  overland  route  divided,  the  main  travel  going  across  the  river to  the  West,  out  through  the  Cedar  Springs  Pass  to  the  Black  Rock Desert,  through  Susanville  and  the  Beckwith  Pass  in  the  Sierras,  to  the gold  fields  of  California."<ref>"[https://archive.org/details/historyofnevada02davirich/page/889/mode/1up?q=%22Cedar+Springs+Pass%22 The History of Nevada],"  Sam P. Davis, p. 889, 1913.</ref>


A teamster named Bellew was [[Black_Rock_Tom#November_1865|killed near Cedar Springs in 1865]].
Modern maps show the pass as "Antelope Summit".
 
A teamster named Bellew was [[Black_Rock_Tom#November_1865|killed near Cedar Springs Station in 1865]].
 
In 1867, a body was found at Cedar Springs Station.  Initially, it was thought to be the body of a murdered white man, but upon examination it was found to b the body of an Indigenous woman who had been buried about six months.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115210236/dead-body-found/ Dead Body Found]," The Carson Daily Appeal, p. 2, May 16, 1867.</ref>


Cedar Springs does not appear on modern maps, see [[Antelope Springs]] for details.
[[File:Antelope Springs and others.png|thumb|[[Antelope Springs]], Willow Springs and Cedar Springs, from the 1985 1:100,000 Eugene Mtns USGS Map.]]


=References=
=References=

Revision as of 20:54, 26 December 2022

Cedar Springs is a spring located southeast of Scossa and southwest of Antelope Springs.

Cedar Springs Pass was one of the first passes on the Applegate-Lassen Trail after the trail departed Lassen Meadows.

Davis writes:

"The overland travel through the county in the early days followed the course of the Humboldt River to a point known as "Lassen Meadows," from the residence there of a man named Lassen, who afterward moved to California and from whom the Lassen County of that State is named. This place was on the river, about four miles west of Humboldt House. Here the overland route divided, the main travel going across the river to the West, out through the Cedar Springs Pass to the Black Rock Desert, through Susanville and the Beckwith Pass in the Sierras, to the gold fields of California."[1]

Modern maps show the pass as "Antelope Summit".

A teamster named Bellew was killed near Cedar Springs Station in 1865.

In 1867, a body was found at Cedar Springs Station. Initially, it was thought to be the body of a murdered white man, but upon examination it was found to b the body of an Indigenous woman who had been buried about six months.[2]

Antelope Springs, Willow Springs and Cedar Springs, from the 1985 1:100,000 Eugene Mtns USGS Map.

References

  1. "The History of Nevada," Sam P. Davis, p. 889, 1913.
  2. "Dead Body Found," The Carson Daily Appeal, p. 2, May 16, 1867.