Site information:

Emigrant Gap Vista Pt, Interstate 80 Westbound

39.299284,-120.672832

Plaque information:

State plaque

Plaque text:

Emigrant Gap

The spring of 1845 saw the first covered wagons to surmount the Sierra Nevada Mountains. They left this valley, ascended to the ridge and turned westward to Old Emigrant Gap. The wagons were lowered by ropes to the floor of Bear Valley. Hundreds followed, before, during and after the Gold Rush. This was a hazardous portion of the Overland Emigrant Trail.

Tablet placed by California Centennials Commission. Base furnished by Placer County Historical Society
Dedicated June 25, 1950

Registered 4/14/1948