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California National Historic TrailSouth Pass - virtually all emigrants passed through here on their way west.
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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: April 18, 2008 at 15:19 EST