"Lower Imnaha Stock Bridge over Cow Creek. There were no roads in the area, only trails. Mrs. George A. Russell and daughter, Alice are on the bridge."
"Sign next to the railroad tracks in the foreground reads: 'Minam.' Behind the stopped passenger train, a bridge crosses a river." The number on the side of the coal car is "172."
"In 1879 the Wallowa Canyon Road, or Smith Mountain Road, was built. The Bridge at Minam was a toll bridge. The stagecoach pictured and driven by Bill Arnold was possibly the last run of the coach on that road. The railroad had been built into…