Henness Pass Road

Two of this county's three landmarks sit on this road. It ran from Virginia City down to Marysville, and the bronze says pioneers were travelling it as early as 1849, when it was the only road through the pass. The tablet is a 1941 Native Daughters piece bolted to a lump of white quartz, with a covered wagon and an ox team cast in relief above the text. No landmark number appears on it anywhere.

What the plaque says

PIONEER EMIGRANT TRAIL HENNESS PASS ROAD THE MAIN EMIGRANT TRAIL LEADING FROM VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA TO MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA. TRAVELED BY THE PIONEERS AS EARLY AS 1849. TABLET PLACED BY SIERRA PARLOR No. 268, NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN WEST DEDICATED AUGUST 12, 1941.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park — 7.0 mi
  A canyon washed out of a mountain by water cannon, and the lawsuit that ended hydraulic mining.
• Nevada City — 16 mi
  Gaslamps, brick storefronts, and the Nisenan who are still fighting to be recognized on their own ground.
• Empire Mine State Historic Park — 21 mi
  The oldest, deepest, richest hard-rock gold mine in California, with 367 miles of flooded tunnels underneath.

More markers nearby

• Plum Valley House Site — 4.9 mi
• Sierra County Sheriff's Gallows — 6.5 mi
• North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company — 7.4 mi
• Alpha and Omega Hydraulic Diggings — 13 mi