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The Applegate-Lassen trail was first traversed by the Applegates in 1843. Later, [[Peter Lassen]] promoted the trail as a way to avoid the Forty Mile Desert between Lovelock and Fernley. The Lassen Cutoff led from what is now Rye Patch Reservoir to [[Rabbit Hole Spring]], then to [[Black Rock Hot Spring]] and on to California. However, there was very little water at Rabbit Hole and no water between Rabbit Hole and Black Rock Hot Springs.


 
===External Links===
* http://www.emigranttrailswest.org/ascenes2.htm www.emigranttrailswest.org/ascenes2.htm --
* [http://canvocta.org/routes/route_Lassen.html Applegate-Lassen Route] (California-Nevada Chapter Oregon-California Trails Association)
Here is a small collection of photos taken along the Applegate Trail, the South Road to Oregon.  This segment of the emigrant trail stretches from Lassen Meadows located at the north end of present-day Rye Patch Reservoir in Nevada to Goose Lake in northern California and then across southern Oregon to its end near Ashland, Oregon.
* [http://emigranttrailswest.org/virtual-tour/applegate-trail/ Applegate Trail Guide] (Emigrant Trails West)
 
* [http://www.drbilllong.com/CurrentEventsXIX/Applegate.html The Applegate Trail --1846 A Journey Into Early Oregon History] (Bill Long)
 
* http://www.drbilllong.com/CurrentEventsXIX/Applegate.html The Applegate Trail--1846 Bill Long 2/15/11 A Journey Into Early Oregon History

Revision as of 22:23, 23 November 2012

The Applegate-Lassen trail was first traversed by the Applegates in 1843. Later, Peter Lassen promoted the trail as a way to avoid the Forty Mile Desert between Lovelock and Fernley. The Lassen Cutoff led from what is now Rye Patch Reservoir to Rabbit Hole Spring, then to Black Rock Hot Spring and on to California. However, there was very little water at Rabbit Hole and no water between Rabbit Hole and Black Rock Hot Springs.

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