Emigrant Pass, is a gap in the

Nopah Range The Nopah Range is a mountain range located in Inyo County, California, United States, near the eastern border with Nevada. Geography The mountain range lies east of the adjacent Resting Spring Range, the Owlshead Mountains and lower Death Valley ...

Inyo County, California Inyo County () is a county in the eastern central part of the U.S. state of California, located between the Sierra Nevada and the state of Nevada. In the 2020 census, the population was 19,016. The county seat is Independence. Inyo County is ...

. It lies at an elevation of 2,884 feet (879 m) in the Nopah Range between Chicago Valley to the west and California Valley to the east.

History

The

Armijo Armijo is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alberto Armijo (born 1926), Costa Rican football player *Antonio Armijo (1804–1850), Mexican explorer and merchant *Christina Armijo (born 1951), American judge * Dolores Elizabeth � ...

route of the Old Spanish Trail pack horse and herding route between New Mexico and California passed through this pass from 1829 to 1848. From 1847 the wagon route from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles, called the

Mormon Road Mormon Road, also known to the 49ers as the Southern Route, of the California Trail in the Western United States, was a seasonal wagon road pioneered by a Mormon party from Salt Lake City, Utah led by Jefferson Hunt, that followed the route of S ...

, followed the old pack route through the pass, but on a parallel but more level route more suited to wagons. From 1849 Fortyniners and later emigrants followed this winter season wagon route to California 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 ...

. The road through the pass was part of the 1855–1869 freight wagon road called the

Los Angeles – Salt Lake Road LOS, or Los, or LoS may refer to: Science and technology * Length of stay, the duration of a single episode of hospitalisation * Level of service, a measure used by traffic engineers * Level of significance, a measure of statistical significance ...

References

Landforms of Inyo County, California Old Spanish Trail (trade route) Mormon Road {{OldWest-stub