Cajon Pass, Merle Porter photo
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Image Details
- Source:
- The Newberry Library
- Collection:
- James R. Powell Route 66 Postcard Collection
- Date:
- 1950s
- Region:
- California
- Description:
- Postcard view of Route 66 as it winds through the Cajon Pass in California. Back of card: SUMMIT-CAJON PASS CAJON PASS (Spanish for box). Highway 66 follows the old Spanish Trail that has been the road to the coast from the desert country for nearly a century. William Wolfskill blazed the Spanish Trail from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Los Angeles in 1831. The first American to enter California by this pass was Jedediah Smith who entered in 1826 and again In 1827. Smith's expedition did for the Southwest what Lewis and Clark did to the Northwest. Today a freeway follows the old trail...M.P. Publisher: Royal Pictures, Colton CA Place: California--Cajon Pass Subjects: Landscapes; Roads; United States Highway 66
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