Ebbetts Pass Route

Alpine County · Ebbetts Pass · location approximate

The Emigrant Trail through Ebbetts Pass, discovered by and named after "Major" John Ebbetts, was opened up in the early 1850's; but no wagon road went that way until 1864, when a toll road was completed under the name of Carson Valley and Big Tree Road as a result of the Comstock Lode in Nevada.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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