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The Trail Blazers and the Cavalcades: Proving the Need for the David Thompson Highway
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The Trail Blazers ready to leave Rocky Mountain House in 1941
1 of 137 		E.S. Brett, W. Ellenburgh, C. Bruce, W. Schierholtz, S. Hooker, W. Fisher, Mr. Shaw, Ernie Ross.
2 of 137 		Preparing to head out
3 of 137 		The Trail Blazers crossing the North Saskatchewan River on the ferry. Bill Fisher sitting in truck.
4 of 137 		Mary Ross, Ernie and Lilla's daughter
5 of 137 		Susner Valley fire, 1933, near Nordegg, Alberta
6 of 137
Road work underway near Horburg in 1939
7 of 137 		Imperial Oil Gas Station at Saunders, Alberta
8 of 137 		Trail Blazers on the road to Nordegg
9 of 137 		An unimproved road near Rocky Mountain House
10 of 137 		The Trail Blazers reach the Reed's Highway Service Garage at Nordegg, Alberta
11 of 137 		Steep track down the hillside
12 of 137
Ernie Ross' Model A Ford, with a coil of rope hanging off the front
13 of 137 		Not quite ready to go
14 of 137 		The way is clear and someone's going back to drive the other car
15 of 137 		The Trail Blazers taking a break
16 of 137 		Another day, another hill to climb
17 of 137 		Two of the Trail Blazers clearing windfall (trees brought down by wind) from a slope
18 of 137

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