Various2018-05-302018-05-301962-07-02TRA-058-13-001http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11867/764522 page typed transcription, created by Click Relander."This was a steep, winding trail over the ridge. The military road entered and left Fort Simcoe slightly toward the east and then directly over the mountain. Indians called it the Assum Trail when the white men came. Assum is Eel in the Yakima language. So it became, and has remained, the Eel Trail a proper name. For it was the steepest, most winding bit of road in the area, and the nemesis of Military wagons and freighters who used it as the route, part of the military road, to and from the Yakima Valley and The Dalles for three to four months each year. The rest of the year the road was blocked by snow."NO KNOWN COPYRIGHT The organization that has made the Item available reasonably believes that the Item is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.Fort Simcoe, WASnipes, Ben