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  Thank you to the California Trail Interpretive Center for hosting another successful Trail Days event. This year CTHA members enjoyed volunteering and participating in [...]

CTHA has been publishing informative, interesting and educational newsletters since 2014.  The most recent editions are here for your convenience.  Older editions can be obtained upon request.  Newer editions are [...]

The Western Emigrant Trail Collection (WETC) is located at Great Basin College. The collection contains many books and research materials related to the Emigrant Trails and the region. The WETC [...]

The FWS is reviewing the draft MET Mapping report from the 2018 field season.  Plans are in development for the 2019 field work.

The Elko “Hot Hole” is a camp site mentioned in many of the emigrant journals and diaries.  CTHA, through a matching grant from Travel Nevada has completed fencing the site [...]

In a collaborative effort with the Oregon-California Trails Association (OCTA), funded by a Union Pacific Foundation grant, five educational trunks have been created for teachers around Northern Nevada to use [...]

The Hastings Cutoff crosses almost 90 miles of northeastern Nevada.  Entering Nevada near Wendover, it roughly parallels Interstate 80 until it rejoins the California Trail west of Elko NV.  While [...]

CTHA is working with the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) on a long-term project to develop a bicycle path between Elko and the California Trail Interpretive Center along the route [...]

CTHA has increased visitation 150% since 2012 through aggressive multi-media marketing. The primary sources of our funding are Travel Nevada, the Elko Recreation Board, and the Elko Convention and Visitors [...]

CITC guides are available in Spanish and stories are available in Mandarin. With an awareness that just under 30% of the local population and many of the visitors are Hispanic, CTHA [...]