Cajon Pass, Highway 66, CA [Postcard]

POSTCARD TITLE:   Cajon Pass

POSTMARK:    Nov 25, 1960

PUBLISHER:   Royal Pictures

TYPE/BACK:    Chrome, Divided Back

COMMENTS:    Cajon Pass (Spanish for Box).  Highway 66 follows the Old Spanish Trail that has been the road to the coast from the desert country for nearly a century.  William Wolfskill blazed the Spanish Trail from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Los Angeles in 1831.  The first American to enter California by this trail was Jedediah Smith who entered in 1826 and agin in 1827.  Smith's expedition did for the Southwest what Lewis and Clark did for the Northwest.  Today a freeway follows the old trail in part.

The corners of the card are slightly rounded, with light bends in two of the corners.  Nice coloring.  Check the photo for more details.