The Dunes - 40 Mile Desert Traditional Cache
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The Dunes - 40 Mile Desert
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The trail to this cache is sandy and sometimes muddy in the winter you will need a 4x4 to reach this one unless you do like the pioneers and WALK.
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.
The Dunes
This forty-mile dry crossing was one of the most dreaded and most chronicled ordeals of the entire overland emigrant experience. Coming as it did so near the end of the overland journey - when supplies were low, stock were weak, and wagons in poor condition - it was a great challenge to the courage and fortitude of the emigrants.
The Dunes to the SW of the Cache were a popular camping spot for the pioneers
Additional Hints
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