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Oregon Trail pioneers lower wagons down mountain in Cascades
From a memoir by Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker, in a section describing the challenges of blazing a way through the Natches Pass in the Cascade range in 1853. Accompanying text notes that one rope and three steer hides were used to lower 29 wagons down a mountainside. Image date: ca. 1922. ..
Image ID: 001600
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Image size: 17.9 Mpixels (51.1 MB uncompressed) - 3722x4800 pixels (12.4x16 in / 31.5x40.6 cm at 300 ppi)
Image keywords: 19th-century-AD, Americas, Cascades, Eon4934, EonBudget, Ezra Meeker, Illustrations, Modern-Industrial, Natches Pass, Old West, Oregon Trail, People, Peoples-Cultures, carts, homesteading, mountain passes, pioneers, trailblazing, wagons