California-Nevada Chapter
Oregon-California Trails Association

The California-Nevada Chapter is one of eleven chapters of the Oregon-California Trails Association, an organization dedicated to the preservation, appreciation and enjoyment of all transmigration trails to the west, the trails that made the United States an ocean-to-ocean nation.



The latest issue of Trail Talk can now be found in the
members only pages.

Contact canvocta@gmail.com for the members only password.


Watch John Winner, Chapter President, describe the Chapter Activities of 2012

California-Nevada Chapter - Activities of 2012

a video by Dee Owens

Watch Frank Tortorich tell the story of Melissa Coray

One Woman - Melissa Coray and the Mormon Battalion

a film by Mark Russell

Watch Larry Schmidt talk about Mark Twain

Mark Twain on the Johnson's Cutoff

a film by Dee Owens

The Mountain Democrat - Placerville, California
August 2, 2012

Oregon California Trails Association Maps the Past

 


Tentative Dates for 2013

Mid - Year National Board Meeting
Tucson, Arizona
March 14
Southern Trails Chapter Symposium
"Historic Trails Across the Southern United States"
Tucson, Arizona

 

March 14- 16
Trails West Annual Banquet
Reno, Nevada
April 13th

Chapter Board of Directors Meeting,
Oroville, California


April 26

CA-NV Chapter Spring Symposium,
Oroville, California


April  27 & 28
Carsonite Marker Installation on Yreka Trail May 13 & 14

Beckwourth Emigrant Trail (BET) Mapping Team Field Outings
Quincy, CA         


May 6 & 7
June 1 & 2
July 1 & 2
August 5 & 6
September 7 & 8
October  7 & 8

Johnson's Cutoff Mapping Team Field Outings
Placerville, CA


May 22 & 23
June 12 & 13
July 17 & 18
August 21 & 22
Sept. 18 & 19
October 16 & 17
Georgetown Cutoff Mapping Team Field Outings - Placerville, CA June 17 & 18
July 10 & 11
Aug. 12 & 13
Sept. 11 &12
Carson Route Sign Installation and Dedication July 8-9
OCTA National Convention
Oregon City, Oregon
July 22 - 26
Carson Trail Annual Cleanup and Trail Marking Outing
Aug. 26 & 27
Grizzly Flat Cutoff Tour Sept. 23 & 24
Fernley Deep Sand Swales Historic Preservation
Easement Annual Cleanup
Sept. 28
E-Mail canvocta@gmail.com for more information about activities

2012 Year in Review

CA/NV Spring Symposium
Carson City, Nevada

April 27 - 29
Beckwourth Trail Mapping Team

May - October
Johnson's Cutoff Mapping Team
May - October
Carson Trail Annual Cleanup and Trail Marking July 30 & 31
Grizzly Flat Cutoff Mapping Team
May - September
Fernley Deep Sand Swales Historic Preservation
Easement Annual Cleanup

September 29
Georgetown Cutoff Mapping Team
July - October
Other Mapping Projects
August - September
   
 

 

Updated:5/8/2013

 
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