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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: June 28, 2017
Caption: Ruts of the Oregon Trail Marker
Additional Description: Captions (located at the bottom center) "... after leaving camp. We crossed the divide and camped at the lone pine tree..." -- James W. Nesmith, 25 September 1843; Emigrants generally traveled through this area sometime between mid-August and late-September. At the time of the migration, this site was not known as "Flagstaff Hill", but referred to as a high ridge or divide in pioneer diaries.; Motorized vehicles create a parallel set of ruts about four feet apart.; Wagons pulled by animals created a trench-like swale where the trampling of hooves packed down earth between the wheels.
Submitted: September 9, 2017, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p398117
File Size: 3.671 Megabytes

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