Richard and Orsola Silva Nobles Pass Trail Study

2007

This photo was from the last study Richard and Orsola Silva did on the Nobles Pass trail before they got snowed in last year. The study was from Lassen National Park boundary to Hat Creek, Emigrant Ford. The General Land Office survey describes the route thusly: "WEST ON A TRUE LINE BETWEEN SECTIONS 5 AND 8 77.91 CHAINS EMIGRANT ROAD BEARS N 60deg W AND S 60deg E ALONG A DRY WASH 115 LINKS W."
From Solomon Kingery's 1852 Diary (Kingery led the first wagons over the Nobles Pass Trail):
August 17th. Traveld 7 miles. Road very hard to Brake on acunt of Stone & Chaperal Bush. Encamped on Rasberry Creek. Grass rather (poor) but abundenc(e) of Mt Rassberrys
Kingery's animals had to break down the "Chaperal Bush" (manzanita brush) as no trail had been opened at this time.