Capt. Sprague Reports on Vital Wagon Trail to Fort Klamath

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In the 1860s, a 100-mile wagon-trail path from Jacksonville crossed the Cascade Mountains and linked Jacksonville, Ore., with Fort Klamath, a connecting point for farm produce and supplies from the Rogue Valley. In 1865, Capt. Franklin B. Sprague underto

Episode

2089

Date

Thu, 02/21/2013 - 16:00

Author

Dennis M. Powers