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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: September 11, 2015
Caption: Big Hill... Marker
Additional Description: Captions: (top right) Re-enactment of crossing Big Hill, 2008; (center left) Re-enactment of crossing Big Hill, 2008; (center right) Wagons and Tents Encamped by Daniel Jenks, 1859; (bottom left) Peg-Leg Smith, 1806-1866; (bottom right) Crossing Big Hill was one of the greatest challenges the westward-bound pioneers faced. Stop by The National Oregon/California Trail Center at 320 North 4th Street in Montpelier, Idaho to see the Big Hill replica and lear more about the emigrants 2,000 mile journey.
Submitted: November 22, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p339142
File Size: 3.593 Megabytes

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