Central Route

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The Central Route is an American term frequently applied to the overland route used most extensively during the twenty years following 1848, by immigrants bound for California. There were many deviations. From Independence, Missouri or other points on the Missouri River the immigrants followed the Platte River, went through South Pass in Wyoming, went around to the north of Great Salt Lake, followed the Humboldt Sink to the sinks and proceeded to California by different passes through the Sierras. Beginning with 1851, mail service was maintained over this route.

[edit] See also

• Emigrant Trail in Wyoming
• California Trail

[edit] References

• Dictionary of American History by James Truslow Adams, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940