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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: June 22, 2017
Caption: The Value Of A Shortcut Marker
Additional Description: Caption: (map, bottom left) A modern-day auto trip along the approximate route of the Hudspeth's Cutoff between Soda Springs and Malta, Idaho runs about 125 miles in length. Much of the trail is still visible today.; (illustration, bottom right) Wagon trains following the main trail for the Oregon Territory are bearing to the right at Hudspeth's Cutoff, and those heading for California are traveling due west to connect with the route leading to City of Rocks, Idaho and the Humboldt River Valley of Nevada. (Illustration by Zackery Zdinak).
Submitted: August 9, 2017, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p393562
File Size: 3.527 Megabytes

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