McAuley's Road

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Coming west with Ezra Meeker in 1852,
Thomas McAuley decided to build a road
to let emigrants bypass big hill.

Worst of all Oregon Trail descents, Big Hill
needed replacement. Eliza McAuley reported
that her brother Tom "fished a while, then took
a ramble... and discovered a pass by which the
mountain can be avoided by doing a little road
building." With an emigrant crew, he opened
a wagon toll road that followed current
Highway 30. After 1852 no one maintained
the new route and it fell into disuse.

This sign is found along a route which has been photographed for inclusion in
the UntraveledRoad virtual world. To see and follow the route this sign
is on, click on its image.

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