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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 with an attractive [...]

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 [...]

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 of [...]

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 [...]

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 supported the [...]

For some years, books, diaries, professional journals, and other information about the California Trail, Hastings Cutoff and related topics have been donated to or purchased for the California [...]

CTHA has established the California Trail Experience Endowment Fund.  This fund is managed by the Western Nevada Community Foundation.  The fund is available for trail protection and preservation [...]