Eleanor (Nora) Saltonstall went on an “auto-camping” trip through the American West in 1919, after returning from service as a volunteer in France during the First World War.
In July, she and her friends stopped at Crater Lake, Oregon. Though it was July, Nora struggled across snowfields to fish and was photographed proudly holding her catch, writing “never have I enjoyed 3 hours more.” The trip took an unhappy turn just as the travelers left Crater Lake, when one of the group contracted typhoid fever. Although the friend recovered, Nora also contracted the infection and died in Portland, Oregon, on 2 August 1919, at age 24.
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