Imlay, NV, United States
Applegate Lassen Emigrant Trail Cutoff. Jesse and Lindsay Applegate headed south from Willamette Valley, Oregon, June 29, 1846, seeking a less hazardous route to that region from the east. On July 21, they came to a large meadow on the Humboldt River, which is now the nearby Rye Patch Reservoir. Thu
s, they established the Applegate Trail.During the remainder of 1846 and for the next two years, Oregon emigrants successfully traveled this trail.In 1848, Peter Lassen, hoping to bring emigrants to h
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