Places

Chagres River

Stories set here

story

The Panama Crossing

Crocodiles in the Chagres, fever in the air, two boys lost from sight all day on the jungle trail — the family's 1852 shortcut to California.

The people of Chagres River

Everyone the family archive records in the story of this place. Descendants: if one of these is yours, we’d love to hear from you.