The fourth continuing southward from Mojave through Willow Springs to Los Angeles. By the time the Automobile Club of Southern California had prepared their 1917 map of the state, the fourth routing, through Mojave and Willow Springs to Los Angeles, had become the main routing for the Midland Trail in California.
Realignmentedit
Following a major realignment of the route and assumption into the state highway system around 1922, the main Midland Trail alignment in California bypassed early stagecoach-era stops at Freeman and Willow Springs and at the Neuralia railroad siding, and now routed through Red Rock Canyon to Mojave. The earlier alignment took a high line route to the west in the Sierra Nevada and Scodie Mountains foothills around it following the Los Angeles Aqueduct route past Jawbone Canyon, thence following the Southern Pacific railroad tracks through Rosamond and Lancaster and on to Los Angeles, following the route that was later assigned to U.S. Route 6—the Sierra Highway) in 1937.
Various alignments of this portion of the trail followed the late 19th century Twenty-mule team roads built to haul gold from the Cerro Gordo Mines across the Mojave Desert. and roads built for the early 20th century construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.
Routingedit
Using the present road names, the highway approximately used the following route:
Lincoln Highway Road Guide, 1917 (republished c1967)
USGS Survey Maps, Mojave and Willow Springs quadrangles, 1913 and 1917 respectively
Field checking conducted in 2005, 2006 and 2007
External linksedit
November 01, 2023
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For the trail s section in West Virginia see Midland Trail West Virginia The Midland Trail also called the Roosevelt Midland Trail was a national auto trail spanning the United States from Washington D C west to Los Angeles California and San Francisco California though the Lincoln Highway guide published in 1916 states the original eastern terminus was in New York City First road signed in 1913 it was one of the first if not the first marked transcontinental auto trails in America The Midland Trail in Ceredo West Virginia Contents 1 Early routing 2 Realignment 3 Routing 4 References 4 1 Sources 5 External linksEarly routing edit nbsp View west along the Midland Trail departing White Sulphur Springs West Virginia Note signage indicating the Midland TrailThe early routing of the Midland Trail from east to west began in either New York City or Washington D C and continued through Richmond and Clifton Forge Virginia to Charleston West Virginia and passed on through Morehead Kentucky to Lexington Kentucky Louisville Kentucky Vincennes Indiana Salem Illinois St Louis Missouri Sedalia Missouri Kansas City Missouri and Topeka Kansas to Limon Colorado and then on to Denver Colorado nbsp Devils Elbow near Hawks Nest State Park in Fayette County West Virginia From Denver the original routing split several ways to cross the rockies via Berthoud Pass Tennessee Pass Cochetopa Pass and Monarch Pass All routings converged in Grand Junction Colorado and continued into Utah through Green River Utah and Salt Lake City Past Salt Lake City the routing moved southward across the Salt Lake Desert on the same routing as the Lincoln Highway through Iosepa Utah Orr s Ranch Fish Springs Ranch and Ibapah Utah This part of the route was never popular the state favoring the Victory Highway routing to the north which is the basic alignment later followed by Interstate 80 and is now largely inaccessible as it is part of the Dugway Proving Grounds In central Nevada the highway continued across the Great Basin Desert through Ely and Tonopah then turning south at Goldfield in the Amargosa Desert and then west into California at Lida and over the Inyo Mountains and White Mountains through Westgard Pass At the junction in Big Pine California in the Owens Valley the original routing then split into four options The first through Mammoth Lakes Mono Lake Yosemite and Stockton to San Francisco The second through Bridgeport California Lake Tahoe and Placerville to Sacramento and then San Francisco The third south through Independence and Mojave in the Mojave Desert and then west through Tehachapi Pass to the San Joaquin Valley and then northward through Merced and Modesto to San Francisco The fourth continuing southward from Mojave through Willow Springs to Los Angeles By the time the Automobile Club of Southern California had prepared their 1917 map of the state the fourth routing through Mojave and Willow Springs to Los Angeles had become the main routing for the Midland Trail in California Realignment editFollowing a major realignment of the route and assumption into the state highway system around 1922 the main Midland Trail alignment in California bypassed early stagecoach era stops at Freeman and Willow Springs and at the Neuralia railroad siding and now routed through Red Rock Canyon to Mojave The earlier alignment took a high line route to the west in the Sierra Nevada and Scodie Mountains foothills around it following the Los Angeles Aqueduct route past Jawbone Canyon thence following the Southern Pacific railroad tracks through Rosamond and Lancaster and on to Los Angeles following the route that was later assigned to U S Route 6 the Sierra Highway in 1937 Various alignments of this portion of the trail followed the late 19th century Twenty mule team roads built to haul gold from the Cerro Gordo Mines across the Mojave Desert and roads built for the early 20th century construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct Routing editUsing the present road names the highway approximately used the following route U S Route 60 Newport News Virginia to Richmond Virginia U S Route 1 State Route 54 Virginia U S Route 33 State Route 22 Virginia and U S Route 250 Richmond to Staunton Virginia Two alternate routes U S Route 11 and U S Route 60 or State Route 42 Virginia State Route 39 Virginia and U S Route 220 Staunton to Covington Virginia U S Route 60 Covington to Louisville Kentucky U S Route 150 and U S Route 50 Louisville to Kansas City Missouri K 10 Kansas and U S Route 24 Kansas City to Limon Colorado citation needed U S Route 40 Limon to Denver Colorado U S Route 40 Denver former Colorado State Highway 11 1923 Kremmling Colorado Wolcott Colorado U S Route 6 and U S Route 89 to Salt Lake City Old Lincoln Highway Salt Lake City to Ely Nevada An alternate route approved in 1922 followed U S Route 6 from Santaquin Utah south of Salt Lake City to Ely 1 U S Route 6 Ely Nevada U S Route 395 State Route 14 California and San Fernando Road San Fernando Valley to Los AngelesReferences edit Eureka Reporter Grand Central Highway Now Alternate Route Archived 2012 07 18 at archive today June 30 1922 p 1 Sources edit Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas 1926 accessed via the Broer Map Library shows the entire route except in Missouri and Colorado Clason Map Company Touring Atlas of the United States permanent dead link 1925 Lincoln Highway Road Guide 1917 republished c1967 USGS Survey Maps Mojave and Willow Springs quadrangles 1913 and 1917 respectively Field checking conducted in 2005 2006 and 2007This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Midland Trail news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2007 Learn how and when to remove this template message External links editNational Auto Trails Midland Trail Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Midland Trail amp oldid 1168405362, 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