Wagon – Notes

Freight wagons

Order Number	00024931
Title	Freight wagons
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	Victorville.
Date	Circa 1900
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Freight wagons ready to go from Victorville to Big Bear Lake, being pulled by a team of 8 horses.
Subject	Freight and freightage–California–Victorville. Victorville (Calif.).
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection

There were two equally onerous obstacles along the Salt Lake Wagon Road that early-on pioneers had to overcome; on the east end of the trail, there was Virgin Hill at Mormon Mesa and the Virgin River. To the west, the challenge was the Cajon Pass.

Virgin Hill was a 360-foot change in elevation in only .6 miles (1 foot rise every 9 feet). Teams would have to be doubled up to pull loads over the rocky vertical sections of the steep trail.