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SUSAN-001 Back
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- c. 1911 (Creation)
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Printed on back: Fifth anniversary Souvenir Card of the Oregon Trail Monument Expedition; left Puyallup Washington on January 29, 1906; erected 27 monuments, inscribed seventeen boulders, and otherwisemarked the Trail on the way; arrived at Missouri River crossing, Oct. 9th; thence drove to Washington City; arrived Nov. 29, 1907; interviewed President Roosevelt; procured introduction of bill in Congress appropriating $50,000 to complete the work; expedition returned home 1908; second trip made 1910; trail located, platted, cost of monumenting estimated; now enroute to Washington City; will there report findings to Congress; estimated number of monuments 700; cost $85,000 ; is forerunner of greater monument to be known as Pioneer Way 2,200 miles along the Oregon Trail; distance driven 8500 miles. Ages: Ezra Meeker 80 years; Mardon 36; Jim 7; Dave 10; Dandy 10; Wagon (in part) 60. Reader, write your Congressman to favor this work; advocate it in the home; the church; lecture halls; streets; its a great work to thus record history, honor the memories of the Winners of the farther west and build up patriotism in the breasts of countless generations to follow. Dayton, Ohio. Jan. 29th, 1911.
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Published by Ezra Meeker, Seattle, Wash.; Made in U.S.A.; A-14665 This card is part of the set of "25 Semi- Photo Post Cards of the Oregon Trail Monument Expedition 1906-1911" sold by Meeker. The set came in a brown paper envelope.