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Grizzly flatcutoff

The Grizzly Flat Cutoff was opened in 1852. It leaves the Carson Mormon Route just north of Leek Springs and follows Baltic Ridge west, descending to Capps Crossing on the Consumnes River. Ascending the hill south of the river it follows ridges down to the town of Grizzly Flat.


David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
http://www.davidrumsey.com/
Date: 1874

 

It was used as an alternative route to Placerville and Ione.
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Consumnes River

 

Emigrant diaries describe completing the twenty mile cutoff in a day although some camped about half way, on the river, at Capps Crossing.

 


Transcription of 60 Pages
Made by Richard L. Rieck

 

The Grizzly Flat Cutoff in the News

Grizzly Flat
Diggings at Grizzly Flat, El Dorado Co., Bancroft Library

 

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