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Moss Family Movies, 1959

This is a fire in downtown Toledo, Oregon, in 1959.
Mardean, Mary Lou, and Margery are putting the last items in the car as they leave their house in Toledo, Oregon, to attend an Elks convention in Chicago, in 1959.
This is the first leg of the trip Roy, Margery, Mardean and Mary Lou Moss took to Chicago from their home in Toledo, Oregon, in 1959.
The trip to Chicago continues with views of Craters of the Moon and Devil’s Sewer in 1959.
The trip to Chicago continues through Yellowstone with bears, elk, deer, and Old Faithful in 1959.
The Moss family continue their trek through Yellowstone and the Rocky Mountains in 1959.
The Moss family continue their journey across the country. They are going through the Badlands of Dakota in 1959. Pictured are Mardean and Margery Moss.
The Moss family continue through the badlands in 1959. Mardean, Mary Lou, and Margery leave their motel, they visit a Sitting Bull memorial, look at the countryside, check out Paul Bunyan’s boat anchor, and then they visit the Bob and Betty Ingram family in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. They visit Wisconsin Park, and pictured in order of appearance are: Mary Lou Moss, Bruce Ingram, Mardean Moss, Roy Moss, Betty Ingram, and Bob Ingram.
The Moss family arrive in Chicago, just in time for a Cubs baseball game at Wrigley Field in 1959 (end of June or first of July).
The Moss family visit Chicago in 1959 and look at Lake Michigan, their view from their hotel window and other city scenes.
The Moss family visit Chicago in 1959 and take a boat ride in Lake Michigan and then begin their long road home back to Toledo, Oregon.
The Moss family is heading back home from Chicago in 1959, and pass through Galena, Illinois, where the home of U.S. Grant is, and then continue west.
The Moss family trip now heading west in 1959 take in Mount Rushmore and more.
The Moss family stop to visit friends Hank and Clara in Wyoming. They get to ride horses and experience life in Wyoming in 1959. Pictured in order of appearance are: Mary Lou Moss, Donnie (?), Mardean, Hank, and Clara. Their last names are forgotten.
The Moss family continue home from Chicago in 1959, and pass through the Rocky Mountains, the Grand Tetons, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Pictured is Margery Moss.
The Moss family is heading west back to Oregon, after leaving Wyoming in 1959.
Mary Lou and Mardean Moss are at Coffenberry Lake at Fort Stevens State Park, during the last two weeks of August, 1959.