About this group & The Group Goals.....

nobody@flickr.com (Loco Steve) — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:16:36 -0700

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Hello Everybody, I started this project off with the California Zephyr and it has grown over 7 routes now------The aim is to try and create a more interactive way of using the goups - The main use is you can jump about to different stations along the routes --True you could do this before by searching for a tag.. but not everybody tags their photos for their own reasons.. There are lots of other groups on Flickr Personally i think a group that has 60.000 images in it is way too big -The day after you post your photo there it will be buried a page or more into the group and few people are likely to see it so there is not much long term purpose --These groups are much smaller ( you will not find 4,000 photos of Fraser colorado station here... ) and your images are more likely to be seen ....My motivation for this format is for people to re live their train travels and as an aid to remembering whereabouts they took their photos..I have decided to make these groups invitation only as people were waiting for invites anyway.. so you will have to put up with my choices of what is available.. I will be glad to hear from anybody that has photos they wish to display ---I would like to thank everybody that has sent in their photos already and i will continue to invite photos in the future .. I hope you all enjoy the photos Steve...

Historical Description and information

nobody@flickr.com (Loco Steve) — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:39:13 -0800

Loco Steve posted a new topic:

Emigrant Gap is a gap in a ridge on the California Trail as it crosses the Sierra Nevada, to the west of what is now known as Donner Pass. Here the cliffs are so steep that, back in the 1840s, the pioneers on their way to California had to lower their wagons on ropes in order to continue.
The Emigrant Gap was so named because it was a low gap on a ridge where the emigrants' wagons crossed from the American River drainage to the Bear River drainage. It was part of the Truckee Route, a portion of the California Trail by which pioneers, heading west, emigrated from the United States to California, which was part of Mexico until it was captured by the United States in the Mexican-American War (1846–1848).
There is a California historical marker (number 403) on Interstate 80 commemorating this brave and arduous task. Dedicated on 25 Jun
The spring of 1845 saw the first covered wagons surmount the Sierra Nevada Mountains. They left this valley, ascended to the ridge, and turned westward to old Emigrant Gap. The wagons were lowered by ropes to the floor of Bear Valley. Hundreds followed before, during, and after the gold rush. This was a hazardous portion of the overland emigrant trail.[1]
Emigrant Gap is located near the town of Emigrant Gap, California.
The Donner Party was not the first emigrant party to cross Emigrant Gap; the Stephens-Townsend-Murphy Party crossed the Sierra in 1844-45.

Emigrant Gap California

About this group & The Group Goals.....

Historical Description and information