Elko District Office
| Contacts: | Lesli Ellis | , 775-753-0386 | , lellis@blm.gov |
The Trail Center presents 'The End of the Trail'
ELKO, Nev. – At least 250,000 emigrants made the trek across North America along the California Trail, but what happened once they reached California?
Steve Beck, Director of Public Programming for Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park in Sacramento, will answer this question in “The End of the Trail.” This free presentation takes place on Thursday, Sept. 1, at 7 p.m. at the California Trail Interpretive Center.
Making the emigrants’ experience come alive is the goal of the California Trail Center. In this presentation, Beck will uncover the fates of some of the more notable emigrants to pass through the fort. It was at Sutter’s Fort that James Reed organized the rescue of the Donner Party and Reed’s family who were trapped in the Sierra Nevada. The Sutter’s Fort Archives is the repository of the Patty Reed Lewis Collection and the largest collection of original source Donner Party material in existence.
The California Trail Interpretive Center, operated by the Bureau of Land Management, is eight miles west of Elko at Hunter exit 292. The center is open Wednesdays through Sundays, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., through Sept. 4. Visit www.californiatrailcenter.org or www.blm.gov/cv5c or call (775) 738-1849 for more information.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, recreational and other activities on BLM-managed land contributed more than $130 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 600,000 American jobs. The Bureau is also one of a handful of agencies that collects more revenue than it spends. In FY 2012, nearly $5.7 billion will be generated on lands managed by the BLM, which operates on a $1.1 billion budget. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.
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