The Way Through

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Camp 59: Cherokee Pass, Rocky Mountains: Daniel A. Jenks, June 1859 (Library of Congress; restoration by Lise Broer)

In a heavily
forested pass
beneath snow

covered peaks
on the way
north

toward the Oregon
and California
trail

-- Our wagons
had to be
chained

to keep them
in their
places

the hillside
was so
steep --

Jenks made camp.

Camp 23: Arkansas River River, on the Santa Fe trail: Daniel A. Jenks, April 1859 (Library of Congress)

Camp 100: Humboldt River, on the California trail: Daniel A. Jenks, July 1859 (Library of Congress)