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Windlass Hill
Photographer: Christopher Light
Taken: July 17, 2007
Caption: Windlass Hill
Additional Description: The Oregon and California Trails, used this hillside as a transition from the upper flat lands to the valley of the North Platte River. This is the head of Ash Hollow. There are no historical records of a windlass being used at this location, but the name has been in use since the early 20th Century. It probably originated some 50-80 years after the historic trail use ended.
Submitted: September 14, 2007, by Christopher Light of Valparaiso, Indiana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p7017
File Size: 0.086 Megabytes

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