Scrapbook [microform], 1958-1979.

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Scrapbook [microform], 1958-1979.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122448455

Scrapbook of genealogical and biographical records pertaining to John Albred "Snowshoe" Thompson, compiled by Phyllis Johnson. Thompson was a Norwegion-born mail carrier who crossed the Sierra Nevadas between Placerville, California, and Genoa, Utah Territory (Nevada), on skis during the winter months from 1856 to 1876.

1 reel of microfilm (35mm)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6715852

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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