Mono County, California Genealogy

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Parent County
24 April 1861: Mono County was created from Siskiyou County. County seat: Bridgeport

Indian Reservations
The Benton Paiute Indian Reservation is located in this county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Alpine
 * Douglas County, Nevada
 * Esmeralda County, Nevada
 * Fresno
 * Inyo
 * Lyon County, Nevada
 * Madera
 * Mineral County, Nevada
 * Tuolumne

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for emigrant settlers included:


 * California Trail 1844 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California


 * Carson (River) Trail 1848 (aka Mormon Emigrant Trail) crossed the Forty Mile Desert past the west side of the Carson Sink to pick up the Carson River near Fallon, Nevada up to Hope Valley and Red Lake. The Devil's Ladder then climbed 700 feet (210 m) in half a mile so ropes, chains, and pulleys were required to lift the wagons. Carson Pass was followed by the relatively easy West Pass (Kirkwood, California) and then on to Pollock Pines, Placerville, and Sutter's Fort, California


 * Sonora Road 1852-1854 from the Carson Trail south to the Walker River along the base of the Sierra Nevada until it ascends to Sonora Pass and then down to Strawberry and Sonora, California

Websites

 * Mono County CAGenWeb
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives backup site