El Camino Sierra Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
road in Southern California, United States
About El Camino Sierra
The first recorded journeys along parts of El Camino Sierra were made by the explorers Jedediah Smith in 1826 and Joseph R. Walker in 1834. The Spanish had never visited this extremely remote part of California, although it was nominally under Mexican control. A more detailed mapping of the region was first performed by John C. Frémont in 1845. However, when gold was discovered in California in 1848, the trails that would form El Camino Sierra were regularly used by prospectors traveling to theGold Country. By 1910, the route had acquired a reputation as one of the most scenic in the state, and governor James Gillet announced that the trail was to be upgraded into a modern road connectingEl Camino RealwithYosemite National Parkas "one of the most beautiful scenic routes in the world." The
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