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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BT6_granite-pass_ID.html
One day west of the City of Rocks: Never saw such dust! In some places it was actually to the top of the forewheels! Fine white dust; more like flour. Our men were a perfect fright, being literally covered. — Emigrant journal entry, circa 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BT5_california-trail-prairie-valley_Oakley-ID.html
"The moon just rising above the mountains, throwing mild light over the valley & opposite mountain, formed a beautiful scene of prairie mountain life." — Hugh Brown Heiskell, Sep 3, 1849
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Trails West Inc. P.O. Box 12…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BT2_cassia-county-courthouse_Albion-ID.html
The year was 1885 when Cassia County purchased an unfinished hovel for its first courthouse. Idaho was still a territory - a place where disagreements were at times decided by the business end of a gun. Sparked by disputes between cattle and sheep…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BSG_california-trail-silent-city-of-rocks_Malta-ID.html
"The gray granit rocks stand in pyramid monument & dome forms., here & there towering aloft. The road winds along between them. Emigrants names are written ... on these curious structures" — Augustus Ripley Burbank, Aug 4, 1849 Guidebook Av…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BSE_pinnacle-pass_Malta-ID.html
After dinner a ride of 2 miles brought us to the outlet of this romantic vale, a very narrow pass, just wide enough for a wagon, and on either side very high, jagged. and thin walls of granite.... This is called the "Pinnacle Pass." — J. Gol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BSD_california-trail-pinnacle-pass_Malta-ID.html
"A ride ... brought us to the outlet of this romantic vale, a very narrow pass - just wide enough for a wagon, and on either side very high, jagged and thin walls of granite ... called the 'Pinnacle Pass'" - J.G. Bruff, Aug 29, 1849
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BSA_twin-sisters_Almo-ID.html
They rise in a cone-like form from the bottom of the valley to a height of from 400 to 600 feet they are round and quite regular in form, tapering gradually to a point. — Emigrant journal entry (Sawyer) describing the Twin Sisters, circa 185…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BS6_passing-through_Almo-ID.html
At City of Rocks we were met with all kinds of Christmas greeting ... we sat down to a Christmas dinner that only youth and vigor could do justice to.... Jim has erected a Christmas tree, and decorated it with cranberries and pop corn, and on it …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BS5_california-trail-trail-junction_Almo-ID.html
''About one mile from the last of these granite spires we came to the junction of the Northern Salt Lake Road to California." — John Steele, Aug 8, 1850
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Trails West Inc. P.O. Box 12045, Reno NV 89510
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BRL_fading-away_Malta-ID.html
There are thousands of names here I registered on a large Rock. — Richard Augustus Keen at City of Rocks, June 22, 1852
Throughout the West emigrants recorded their passing by writing their names — often with axle grease — at…