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HUGO
EMIGRANT TRAILS INVENTORY PROCESS
Hugo Emigrant Trail Inventory
Process
The Hugo Emigrant Trails Committee
(Trails Committee) was formed to bring together all those who want to learn more about
the early transportation in the Hugo area.1 The aim is to collect and record
information about Hugo’s emigrant trails, especially its two historic 1856 roads.
 | Road from Willamette Valley to Jacksonville
(route of the Applegate Trail) |
| Road to Illinois Valley via Van Noys Ferry
(route of the Applegate Trail from Widow Niday’s place to ferry location on Rogue
River) |
- Oregon-California Trails Association (OCTA)
The Hugo Emigrant Wagon Trail Inventory
(HEWTI) will be conducted by the Trails Committee using OCTA’S mapping
methods, including the plotting trail classification categories.2
Mapping emigrant trails (MET) is OCTA’s program for
locating, verifying, classifying and plotting emigrant trails based on standard systematic
research methods and procedures. For example, the Trails Committee will use the
four cardinal rules to verify a trail’s location on USGS 7.5 minute topographic
quadrangles. 2
Cardinal Rules Of Trail
Location
Cardinal Rules
1. Coherence Rule - linear
uniformity.
2. Corroborative Rule - confirming evidence.
3. Collateral Rule - physical and/or topographical
evidence.
4. Correlation Rule - overall agreement between all
evidence.
In the best situation the trail researcher
examines all the relevant written, cartographic, physical and artifact evidence and finds
them mutually supporting. When adequate diary/journal or physical/artifact evidence is
lacking, the researcher must rely heavily on the next best source of evidence, usually
later reports or maps, especially General Land Office plats.
The OCTA has 11 regional or state
chapters, one of which is the Northwest Chapter which covers Oregon, Washington, and
Western Canada - Web: http://nwocta.com/. Contact the
Neiderheisers for information on preservation of the Applegate Trail and mapping emigrant
trails.
- Joe and Leta Neiderheiser
- Monitoring Coordinators, Medford to Wolf Creek
- Applegate Trail’s Southern Route
- Oregon-California Trails Association
- 279 Ridgefield Road
- Grants Pass, OR 97527
- 541-862-9077
Web: http://nwocta.com/preservation/preservenw.html
Trail Classification
Most trail segments that remain
visible today have been impacted by man and nature during the post-emigrant period. The Trails
Committee will use OCTA’s trail classification scheme.1
- Class 1 - Unaltered Trail It retains its original
character.
- Class 2 - Used Trail It retains elements of its
original character, but shows use by motor vehicles.
- Class 3 - Verified Trail It is accurately located
and verified, but trail traces are nonexistent or insignificant.
- Class 4 - Altered Trail It is verified, but elements
of its original condition are permanently altered.
Class 5 - Approximate Trail It is obliterated
or unverifiable that its location is known only approximately.
Want more information? Contact an OCTA
representative, an officer of the Hugo Neighborhood, and/or a member of the Trails
Committee on how you can become involved in this project.
- 1. Hugo Neighborhood. 2005. Public Outreach &
Educational Brochure Program: Hugo’s Emigrant Trails. Hugo, OR.
- 2. Office of National Trails Preservation &
Oregon-California Trails Association (P.O. box 1019, Independence, MO, 64051-0519,
816-252-2276, octa@indepmo.org). July 2002, 4th
edition. Mapping Emigrants Trails MET Field Manual.
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