Morfar's View of the Winds
Morfar's View of the Winds
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Dr. Conrad Smith is on a quest to find one very specific rock within the Rocky Mountains.
80-year-old photographer, Dr. Conrad Smith (Morfar), has spent 7 years searching for the exact rock on which the artist sat in 1842 to sketch the first published image from within the Rocky Mountains which helped pave the way for the Great Western Expansion. Dr. Smith, his daughter, and granddaughter embark on the final expedition to verify the location and reproduce the image as a photograph.
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Morfar's View of the Winds
Morfar's View of the Winds
Special | 28mVideo has Closed Captions
80-year-old photographer, Dr. Conrad Smith (Morfar), has spent 7 years searching for the exact rock on which the artist sat in 1842 to sketch the first published image from within the Rocky Mountains which helped pave the way for the Great Western Expansion. Dr. Smith, his daughter, and granddaughter embark on the final expedition to verify the location and reproduce the image as a photograph.
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