Happy trails: Highway 50 wagon train marks 77th year of Gold Rush reenactment

SUMMER SLOWDOWNS ON CALIFORNIA ROADWAYS are par for the course. Families in RVs hitting the road, fishermen with boats, and truckers hauling cargo. But for one special week every year, dozens of people in covered wagons pulled by horses join the traffic on Highway 50 to celebrate the area’s golden history.

Since 1949, a group of dedicated enthusiasts participate every year in the Highway 50 Association’s Annual Wagon Train bi-state journey.