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The Spreadsheet Historian Who Walked the Trail | Salt Lake City News
For thirty years, Jerry Eichhorst has turned his passion for pioneer history into a monumental project—tracking nearly 3,000 diary entries from the Oregon and California trails in a single Excel spreadsheet. Born near historic routes and now living just miles from the trail itself, he’s lived the legacy he studies. As former president of the Idaho chapter of the Oregon-California Trails Association, he’s spent decades combing libraries and archives, organizing entries by location, and even holding original diaries that still send shivers down his spine. His mission? To bring these raw…
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