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California National Historic TrailDevil's Gate on the Sweetwater River in Wyoming prompted many emigrants to write comments in their diaries and journals.
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Photo image of a painting by William Henry Jackson called Crossing the Missouri.  

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William Henry Jackson painted this scene of emigrants crossing the Missouri River from Independence, MO. Each Spring hundreds and thousands of emigrant wagons lined up for days waiting their turn to cross over into what was wilderness in the mid-1800s on their way to a new beginning.
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Last Updated: February 26, 2007 at 17:05 EST