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Place Name
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Beckwourth Pass
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Place Status (Type)
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pass
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Location
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Lassen County, California (CA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Beckwourth Pass
, mt. pass
(c.5,212 ft/1,589 m), extreme SE Lassen co., E
of Plumas co. line, NE Calif., across the Sierra Nevada E of Sierra
Valley, c.25 mi/40 km NW of Reno, Nev. Was
route of an emigrant trail in 1850s. Beckwourth village
(10 mi/16 km W of Pass) and Beckwourth Peak
(7,250 ft/2,210 m) are W. Formerly spelled
Beckwith. State Highway 70 passes through.
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