Snowshoe Thompson - Placerville, CA
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N 38° 43.672 W 120° 48.193
10S E 690959 N 4288869
A plaque dedicated to Snowshoe Thompson.
Waymark Code: WM96YT
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/07/2010
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"A Viking Son of Norway who fulfilled California’s motto:
“BRING ME MEN TO MATCH MY MOUNTAINS”
For twenty winters from 1858 to 1878 he was the lifeline between Utah Territory across the Sierras, and the new state of California. On skies he carried mail, medicine, supplies and information between Placerville, California and Genoa, Nevada, and mining camps of the Mother Lode and Washoe areas. He was a true pioneer of early California.... A legend in his own time.
1827 – 1879."
Location: Placerville, CA's Main St.
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: Not listed
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