File:Merle Porter photo (NBY 433069).jpg

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English: Postcard view of Route 66 and the Cajon Pass in California.
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Source https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/nby_teich/id/433071
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Archival Collection
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James R. Powell Route 66 Collection
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Merle Porter
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back of card, BLUE CUT - Cajon Pass Cajon Pass (Spanish for box) has been used for nearly a century, where the old Spanish Trail crossed over the mountains that separated the desert from San Bernardino Valley. The first American to enter California by this pass was Jedediah Smith who entered in 1826 and again in 1827. Today highway 66 and the Santa Fe railroad follow the pass over the mountains. Smith's expedition did for the Southwest what Lewis and Clark did to the Northwest... M.P.
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California--Cajon Pass
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Cajon Pass
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Roads Landscapes
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Highways--Route 66 Landscapes--Mountains
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RT66-2337

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