----------------------------Original message---------------------------- That is a very interesting question. If nothing else surfaces on this list, I'd look into some of those old USGS reports of original surveys of the west. Also, railroad survey maps of the west might show those old trails. Locally, in San Diego County, I have been told by County park rangers that portions of the Pacific Crest Trail were once stagecoach routes. Look on the USGS MORENA RESERVOIR 7.5' quad, for example. This is a very popular segment of the Pacifc Crest Trail. Up until a month ago when I sold my old house out there, I would walk my Border Collie and Golden Retriever on this trail every weekend. There is a foundation of an old building still standing which I was told was once a stagecoach station house; but that is only local folklore and I've never confirmed this. I think the only true stories about this lake are that this is where Charles Hatfield (rainmaker) started the Great Flood of 1915(?) and comedians Laurel & Hardy did some serious bass fishing. - [log in to unmask]