The California Road was a route which ran through present-day Oklahoma (then known only as Indian Territory), along the Canadian River, at the time of the California Gold Rush. It was the southerly counterpart to the California Trail.
The California Road followed the route laid out by Captain Randolph B. Marcy escorting gold seekers during the spring of 1849. In 1850, Captain R.B. Marcy established Camp Arbuckle on the southern boundary of the Canadian River with close proximity to the 100th meridian west. The Army on the Frontier fortification served as a deterrent to the Plains Indian warfare and the safeguard of the California Road spanning Indian Territory.