Eligibility/Feasibility Study and Environmental Assessment for National Historic Trail Authorization: California and Pony Express Trails
National Park Service. 1987. Eligibility/Feasibility Study and Environmental Assessment for National Historic Trail Authorization: California and Pony Express Trails. Washington, D.C.
Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, California, Oregon. In August 1984 Congress directed the Department of the Interior to study the feasibility and desirability of adding two trails--the California (Emigrant) Trail and the Pony Express Trail--to the national trails system (Public Law 98-405; 16 U.S.C. 1244(c)(30)). The National Park Service, as the agency charged with completing the study, has compiled available information on the national significance of the trails, historical background, and the potential for public use. This report examines the eligibility of the trails for national trail authorization, and it presents feasible management alternatives. Actual authorization of the trails as components of the national trails system will require passage of legislation by Congress.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- National Park Service
- Date of Issue
- 1987
- Units
- HIST , POEX
- Keywords
- Administration, Alternative Approaches, Central Cutoffs, Cost Estimates, Cultural Resources, Eastern Feeder Routes, ehistory, environmental consequences, Feasibility and Desirability, Future Planning Requirements, gold rush, historical background, History, Interpretation, Management, Marking the Trail, Physical Development, Pony Express, Proposed Routes, Public access, Resource Protection, Trail development, Trail Modifications, Trails, Use, Western Routes