Hastings Cutoff

Hastings Cutoff
Route of the California Trail and Hastings Cutoff in the western United States.
LocationHumboldt River Basin, Elko County
Official nameWest End of Hastings Cutoff
Reference no.3

The Hastings Cutoff was an alternative route for westward emigrants to travel to California, as proposed by Lansford Hastings in The Emigrant's Guide to Oregon and California. The ill-fated Donner Party infamously took the route in 1846.

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