California Hollow is a

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between Hill, hills or Mountain, mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers ...

in the Black Mountains in

Beaver Beavers are large, semiaquatic rodents in the genus ''Castor'' native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. There are two extant species: the North American beaver (''Castor canadensis'') and the Eurasian beaver (''C. fiber''). Beavers ar ...

and Iron County, Utah. Its mouth lies at an elevation of . It heads at , at an elevation of 6,940 feet, in Beaver County.

History

California Hollow lay along part of the original route of what was known during the

California Gold Rush The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California fro ...

as the ''Southern Route'' of the

California Trail The California Trail was an emigrant trail of about across the western half of the North American continent from Missouri River towns to what is now the state of California. After it was established, the first half of the California Trail f ...

, (later the Mormon Road), which passed over the Black Mountains between Greenville, Utah and Muley Point, on the way to California. In 1855 the Mormon Road was realigned eastward from this old route over the Black Mountains to one from a crossing at Beaver, Utah to Muley Point through more wagon friendly terrain in

Nevershine Hollow Nevershine Hollow is a valley east of the South Hills, in Beaver County, Utah. The mouth of the valley is at an elevation of . Its head is at an elevation of 6,500 feet at , north of Beaver Ridge. History Nevershine Hollow was on the new 1855 cut ...

and over Beaver Ridge into the canyon of

Fremont Wash Fremont Wash sometimes called Fremont Canyon in its upper reach, is a stream and a valley in the north end of Parowan Valley, in Iron County, Utah. Its mouth lies at its confluence with Little Salt Lake at an elevation of 5,686 feet / 1,733 meters. ...

that rejoined the original road above Muley Point.

References

Valleys of Beaver County, Utah Valleys of Iron County, Utah Valleys of Utah Old Spanish Trail (trade route) Mormon Road {{Utah-geo-stub