Long before modern highways were built, Native nations across California created extensive trade routes connecting the coast, mountains, deserts, and river valleys. Tribes such as the Kumeyaay, Luiseño, Tongva, Chumash, Yurok, and many others maintained trails used for trade, travel, and cultural exchange. When settlers later developed wagon roads and highways, many followed these existing Indigenous pathways. Native trade networks played an important role in shaping how people moved across the

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