Route of Historic Applegate Trail - Jackson County, OR
N 42° 09.225 W 122° 37.572
10T E 530882 N 4666914
A roadside 'T' marker located just off Emigrant Lake Road on the way to Emigrant Lake Recreation Area notes the historic Applegate Trail that passed through here.
Waymark Code: WMV9E5
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 03/18/2017
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This historical marker is part of a series of historical markers located all around Klamath and Jackson Counties and commissioned by both the Klamath County Historical Society and the Southern Oregon Historical Society.
This particular T-marker showcases main source of travel through this area, the very historic Applegate Trail. The route was a major source of travel for settlers, men traveling to and from California during the California Gold Rush days and for commerce travel, i.e., men bringing food and supplies from one town/encampment to another.
The marker text reads:
ROUTE OF
HISTORIC APPLEGATE TRAIL 1846 - 1869
Southern Oregon Historical Society 1979
Be sure to click the link provided below to learn much more about the history of the Applegate Trail. Also of note is the fact that nearby Emigrant Lake is named after the pioneers who first traveled through this area in search of homesteading the nearby Rogue Valley and Willamette Valley in north-central Oregon.
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