1850 Daggett-Georgetown Trail

Contributed by Steve F. Russell

The Daggett Pass-Georgetown Pack Trail was opened in 1850 providing access to mines in present Placer and Nevada counties. It left the Carson Valley, climbed present Daggett Pass (better-known as Kingsbury Grade), and continued west across the Sierra Mountains to Georgetown. By 1857, it was improved for wagons.¹“Georgetown Pack Trail”. California-Nevada Chapter, Oregon-California Trails Association, https://www.canvocta.org/discover-the-trails/carson-river-route/george-town/#:~:text=The%20Georgetown%20Pack%20Trail%20was%20opened%20in,trail%20became%20a%20wagon%20road%20in%201857, accessed 8 February 2026.

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  “Georgetown Pack Trail”. California-Nevada Chapter, Oregon-California Trails Association, https://www.canvocta.org/discover-the-trails/carson-river-route/george-town/#:~:text=The%20Georgetown%20Pack%20Trail%20was%20opened%20in,trail%20became%20a%20wagon%20road%20in%201857, accessed 8 February 2026. ↩︎

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