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To the right a 1030s photo of Cook's station, a way station on the cross-sierra trail since at least 1863.

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Ham's Station, named Horsley's, Foster's and Smith's before the Hams took over in the 1870's. It's been Ham's ever since. Lithograph from the 1881 Amador county history

 

 

Carson Spur, a pre-1900 stereopticon slide of the Carson spur, that deep dropoff into Silver fork canyon between Silver Lake and Kirkwood.

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