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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: May 13, 2018
Caption: Ruts, Swales and Traces Marker
Additional Description: Captions: (bottom center} Emigrants preferred lighter vehicles, either sturdy farm wagons or , better yet, the new "prairie schooners."; (bottom right) Prairie schooners were outfitted with essential equipment; a water bucket and tar pot, which usually hung from hooks under the rear of the wagon, and the indispensable jack, which was stowed in the wagon.
Submitted: October 11, 2018, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p449093
File Size: 3.509 Megabytes

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