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The Trail Blazers and the Cavalcades: Proving the Need for the David Thompson Highway
Location: Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada

 
The Trail Blazers ready to leave Rocky Mountain House in 1941
1 of 22 		E.S. Brett, W. Ellenburgh, C. Bruce, W. Schierholtz, S. Hooker, W. Fisher, Mr. Shaw, Ernie Ross.
2 of 22 		Preparing to head out
3 of 22 		The North Saskatchewan River and train trestle with ferry cable support tower
4 of 22 		The Trail Blazers crossing the North Saskatchewan River on the ferry. Bill Fisher sitting in truck.
5 of 22 		The ferry at Rocky Mountain House
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Ernie Ross
7 of 22 		Mary Ross, Ernie and Lilla's daughter
8 of 22 		An unimproved road near Rocky Mountain House
9 of 22 		Canadian Pacific Railroad bridge at Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
10 of 22 		Opening of the David Thompson Bridge at Rocky Mountain House, February 1946
11 of 22 		Dave Edwards facing camera, holding microphone
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Main Street, Rocky Mountain House
13 of 22 		Nurse Ingrid Hoppe on the CPR bridge at Rocky Mountain House. Note the spikes sticking up.
14 of 22 		Ernie Ross receives a plaque from the Ford Motor Company
15 of 22 		Stan Hooker sitting in his 1948 Chevrolet Fleetmaster in front of Edward's Garage on Main Street
16 of 22 		Mayor Jack Edgerton shaking Ernie Ross' hand prior to a parade
17 of 22 		Marvin Peterson and his Guerrini accordion
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