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John Albert Thomson, known as Snowshoe Thomson, was a great pioneer of the Sierra and a hero of the mountains who for twenty winters carried the mail over the deep snow of the mountains on his long skis, giving help to those in need along the way. Born in Norway in 1827, he died here on May 15, 1876.
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