Truckee River Route - Little Meadows
A
cache
by Nitro929
Hidden:
9/27/2008
Size:
 (Small)
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(1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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The second cache in my Truckee River Route series, this one is only
accessable from eastbound Interstate 80.
As you approach this cache, pull off the highway immediately at the
end of the guardrail. You can park in the wide gravel turnout and
walk the short distance to the cache, or follow a dirt road right
to it. The cache is a small container with log only, maybe room for
very small trade items & trackables. The log is printed on
water-proof paper that can be written on even if wet, but it can
only be written on with a ball-point pen...be sure to bring one
along. Be VERY CAREFUL re-entering the highway when you leave.
The California Trail followed the north bank of the Humboldt
River through present-day northeastern Nevada, to the Humboldt
Sink. At Humboldt Bar, the trail diverged, with the Truckee River
Route crossing the western edge of the Forty-Mile Desert to the
Truckee River at Wadsworth. It then followed the river to Donner
Lake, over Donner Summit, and ultimately ended at Sutter's Fort,
near Sacramento, roughly the same route followed by Interstate 80
today. In all, some 250,000 people would use this trail from the
late 1840's until the introduction of the railroads in the late
1860's.
Marker T.R.R. 9 ~Little Meadows~
This is a B.L.M. trail marker - my other caches in this series
are located at Trails West markers. Consequently, the marker
numbering sequence gets out of whack here.
I've been unable to find any historic information on Little
Meadows other than a brief reference to the area in an 1862
description of Washoe County, which states:
"10 miles below the big meadows are the little meadows of the
Truckee, consisting of a few hundred acres of good land..."
I would speculate that this was the next decent area for emigrants
heading west on the trail to camp, following their departure from
the Big Bend of the Truckee, near Wadsworth.
Also of historic interest in this area...The small flat area
south-southwest of the trail marker, between the marker and
existing railroad maintenance road, was the railbed of the Central
Pacific (there's an old tire sitting right in the middle of the
railbed, just below the marker). If you look to the southwest from
the trail marker, you will see a cut made through a small rock
outcrop for the railbed. The tracks were moved to their present
location during the 1902-1908 Harriman realignment.
The next closest emigrant trail marker is located at GC1946V
(Red Bluff).
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August 18 by denmen (571 found) Captnken and I decided to do this as our last one of the day. Didn't know BLM did these too. We found three Trails West markers with caches on this outing. Thanks for bringing us to this very special spot and I too liked the camo job.
[view this log] | August 13 by captnken (686 found) LOVE THE AREA FOR THIS CACHE. DENMEN AND I ARE WORKING ON FINDING AS MENY OF THE TRAIL MARKERS AS WE CAN. TO FIND A CACHE AND A TRAIL MARKER AT THE SAME TIME IS REALLY GOOD! THANKS
[view this log] | July 27 by PhantomWSO (5390 found) I did some caches while driving home to Las Vegas today after visiting family in Reno. TFTC.
[view this log] | June 29 by mauiboss (1057 found) We had no trouble finding the cache but (just to reiterate the warning on the cache instructions) beware entering the roadway. Make sure to enter from as close to the guardrail as you can, because there is a vicious bump where the road meets the dirt if you try to drive onto the road several yards east. It sounded as if the bottom of the cachemobile was going to fall off when we hit the bump while accelerating to get up to speed. All is well, and we thank you for the nice cache.
[view this log] | June 20 by Left Coast Labs (926 found) Quick grab on the way home from Reno today, traffic was pretty light so we made a run. Great camo job, blends in nicely. TFTH!
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Current time: 11/21/2009 10:25:41 AM Last Updated: 8/23/2009 5:29:18 PM Rendered: From Database Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
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