Old Stagecoach Trail

Infobox_nrhp | name =Old Santa Susana Stage Road
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nearest_city= Chatsworth, California
locmapin = California
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built =1851
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added = January 10, 1974cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
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The Old Stagecoach Trail, also known as the Old Santa Susana Stage Road, is the route taken by the early travellers between the San Fernando Valley and Simi Valley. It begins in Chatsworth Park South and climbs through the Santa Susana Mountains wilderness. The route follows the historic Santa Susana Stage Road that once linked Los Angeles with San Francisco from 1859–1890. [http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=HGS360-280 Old Stagecoach Trail at "www.trails.com"] ] It was an important artery linking the Los Angeles Basin and inland Ventura county.

Travellers no longer used the trail once Santa Susana Pass road was built. Hikers in the Santa Susana Mountains can still see the deep ruts made by the wagons. However, a plaque was embedded into the sandstone rock by the Native Daughters of the Golden West in 1937, designating the Old Santa Susana Stage Road.

Part or all of the trail was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

ee also

* List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the San Fernando Valley

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