Holy Cross Wilderness Area
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Sophie Hamrick Knight, on the divide between Cross Creek and West Cross Creek. She is posed with the dog, "Hound," and burros Lucky and The Kid. She and Tom Knight were prospecting at the time.
Verso: "Mom on the divide between Cross Creek and West Cross Creek with burros, Lucky and The Kid, and dog, The Houn'. 1938[?] Prospecting"
2) Bishop Gulch
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Caption by O. W. Randall: "Bishop Gulch where the proposed auto road would go."
Stamped on back: "Quality BB Print guaranteed not to fade Jun 5 1928"
In 1927, Dr. Randall led Boy Scouts and Campfire Girls up Notch Mountain to see the cross, a trip considered to be the first "pilgrimage." In 1928, another pilgrimage took place and in 1929, President Hoover established the Mount of the Holy Cross Monument.
"All these pilgrimages continued to demonstrate...
