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| Starting point for the Emigrant Trail to the west. |
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| Main trail heading toward the Rocky Mountains |
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| On the North Platte River, an important stop on the CA trail. |
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| 7550 feet high, used b the CA and OR Trails, to cross the Continental Divide |
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montain range that goes from canada to mexico
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| Trading post set up by mountain man Jim Bridger for those going West |
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| Rugged mountain range east of the Great Salt Lake |
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| a supposed short cut on the way to California |
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| Site of Reno, Nevada, toda; lush area just east of the sierra Nevada mountains |
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| currently interstate 80, at 7085 feet, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of CA |
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| Currently in sacramento, CA; major trading post in the 1840s |
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