12/29/2004
Landmark information
- Location:
4 mi S of Death Valley National Park on Hwy 127 (PM 29.8), 30 mi N of Baker. - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
12/29/2004 - Date Most Recently Visited:
12/29/2004 - GPS Coordinates:
N 35 37.990, W 116 17.456
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Harry Wade Exit Rute
Some 100 wagons found themselves in Salt Lake City too late to cross the Sierra Nevada. They banded together under the name of Sand Walking Co. and started for the gold fields in California over the Old Spanish Trail. After being in Death Valley with the ill-fated 1849 caravan, Harry Wade found this exit route for his ox-drawn wagon, thereby saving his life and those of his wife and children. At this point the Wade party came upon the known Spanish Trail to Cajon Pass.