Hommocks - 40 Mile Desert
A
cache
by Traveling Naugahyde Hunters
Hidden:
1/20/2007
Size:
 (Micro)
Difficulty: 
Terrain: 
(1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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Fairly easy to get to just be careful during the wet season it can
be muddy.
This is one of several caches The Traveling Naugahyde Hunters
placed along the California Emigrant Trail Carson River Route. This
section of the historic California Trail was opened from the Sink
of the Humboldt River to the Carson River at Ragtown in the fall of
1848 by a wagon train of emigrants captained by Joseph B. Chiles.
From Ragtown, the trail followed the Carson River westward to a
junction with the Carson Pass Trail.
The Caches are near one of the several Trail Markers placed to
mark the route. When you visit one of these caches you will be
following the foot steps of the pioneers hope ya’ll enjoy the
hunt.
After crossing Salt Creek the trail passed through a group of
hummocks formed by alkali soil building up around the base of
salt-tolerant shrubs.
Here is what one traveler had to say about this segment of the
Carson Trail.
August 24th
We started on the desert at ten o'clock. The first ten miles was a
little rolling. The road was good but no vegetation but sage
brushes scattered here and there. The next ten miles the road was
hard and as level as a house floor with no vegetation. Then it
became somewhat sandy and rolling the wind having raised mounds of
drifted sand every few rods. The last twelve miles was very bad the
wheels of our wagons sinking half way up to the hub in sand and it
was with extreme difficulty our cattle could get along. There was a
relief station when we started on the desert from California to
relieve emigrants that was in distress. We saw a number of pitiful
objects. Some were very sick; others crazy from the effects of the
hardships of the journey. There was two trading posts on the
desert. They sold water for one dollar per gallon ($20.78 in 2002
dollars). The road on the last end of the desert was litterly
strewn with the carcasses of horses, mules or cattle. Also numbers
of wagons was to be seen where the cattle had given out and they
had to leave the wagons.
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Decryption Key
A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)
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ybbx sbe gur znexre guvax zntarg
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 November 8 by elkjim (8953 found)
Lots of desert out here, about all we'll see from here to Prineville, Or. T4TH
[view this log] | November 7 by juddster82 (909 found)
Drove by this one looking for salt creek crossing, bsck up read the rail sign the log and went on to the crossing TFTC really enjoy these ca. trl mkrs
[view this log] | August 24 by denmen (571 found)
Found along with captnken. Great hobby looking for these things and caching. TFTH
[view this log] | August 24 by captnken (686 found)
CACHING AND FINDING EMIGRANT TRAIL MARKERS AT THE SAME TIME............CAN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS! THANKS
[view this log] | August 1 by nvh2ofowler (913 found)
This area is so full of history and this chache helps tell part of that story, TFTC sorry for the late log.
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Current time: 11/22/2009 9:09:10 AM
Last Updated: 11/10/2009 1:37:38 AM
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