Elko Trail Days

Encampments

California Trail Days
California National Historic Trail Interpretive Center
Elko, Nevada
Friday and Saturday May 28 & 29, 2010
Free Admission

Located 8 Miles West of Elko Nevada on Interstate Highway 80 at the Hunter Exit 292

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Jamiel at 775-753-0213 or Gary Koy at 775-934-2467

Newe or the Western Shoshone People Exhibits:
These topics will be covered as part of the Newe encampment or as scheduled talks during Trail Days.

Crafts: Willow weaving
Story telling
Food preparation
Medicine: Native herbs
Commerce and Games

Trapper and Emigrant Wagon Camps:

Living History Encampments: Visitors will enjoy walking through the different types of trail camps. Volunteer interpreters will be in 1850s costumes and will answer questions about what is being displayed and answer questions about the equipment and history of the California Trail.

Trapper camp: Walk through a recreated trapper camp. Visit with the participants as they explain what life was like in the Far West between the 1820s and 1860s. Learn how food, was prepared on the trail, how pioneers set up camp and the kinds of tools and firearms they depended upon for their survival.
Emigrant Wagon camp: See a full size emigrant wagon and visit with the volunteer interpreters about the kinds of experiences faced by overland emigrants as they traveled overland to California. Learn about the different types of people who went west and the equipment they took. Try to figure out for yourself what you would take if you were going to take a 41/2 month, 2,000 walk across America.

Military Camps:

3rd California Volunteers: Visit with volunteers as they portray the soldiers who served at Fort Ruby (1862 – 1869) and at Fort Hallack (1869 and 1874). See the equipment they used, the clothes they wore, the weapons they used and discover what life was like for the soldier serving in the Great Basin during and shortly after the American Civil War.

Pony Express:

There will be a reenactment of pony express riders passing a mail pouch and a presentation on this brief but colorful part of western history