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  GRAND 
  RIVER 
  DISTRICT. 
  349 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  ford 
  the 
  road 
  follows 
  the 
  Grand 
  pretty 
  closely 
  for 
  20 
  miles; 
  

   aloug 
  this 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  route 
  the 
  river 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  broad 
  bottom, 
  where 
  

   wood 
  is 
  plenty, 
  water 
  accessible; 
  but, 
  except 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  places, 
  grass 
  is 
  

   scarce. 
  At 
  a 
  point 
  20 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  ford 
  the 
  river 
  enters 
  a 
  low 
  caiion, 
  

   and 
  for 
  30 
  miles 
  (by 
  the 
  road) 
  it 
  cannot 
  be 
  reached. 
  The 
  road 
  winds 
  among 
  

   the 
  hog-backs 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  miles 
  back 
  from 
  it. 
  Where 
  the 
  river 
  can 
  be 
  reached 
  

   there 
  is 
  plenty 
  of 
  wood, 
  and 
  a 
  mile 
  or 
  thereabouts 
  from 
  it 
  good 
  grass, 
  

   but 
  little 
  or 
  none 
  at 
  the 
  river. 
  Then 
  there 
  is 
  another 
  drive 
  of 
  15 
  miles 
  

   before 
  the 
  river 
  can 
  again 
  be 
  reached, 
  and 
  here 
  wood 
  and 
  grass 
  are 
  both 
  

   scarce. 
  At 
  this 
  point 
  the 
  main 
  wagon-road 
  finally 
  leaves 
  the 
  Grand, 
  

   striking 
  off 
  in 
  a 
  course 
  generally 
  west 
  toward 
  the 
  Green 
  Eiver, 
  which 
  is 
  

   distant 
  G5 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  Grand 
  at 
  this 
  point. 
  A 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  road, 
  

   however, 
  continues 
  down 
  the 
  river 
  12 
  miles 
  farther, 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  where 
  

   water 
  is 
  accessible 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  plenty 
  of 
  good 
  grass 
  and 
  wood. 
  Thence 
  

   by 
  a 
  northerly 
  course 
  this 
  branch 
  rejoins 
  the 
  main 
  road. 
  

  

  Between 
  the 
  Grand 
  and 
  Green 
  liivers 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  permanent 
  water 
  

   along 
  the 
  route. 
  Still 
  rain-water 
  is 
  found 
  at 
  several 
  points 
  in 
  holes, 
  

   where 
  it 
  remains 
  for 
  several 
  days.. 
  Grass, 
  also, 
  is 
  very 
  scarce 
  along 
  

   this 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  route. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  ford 
  of 
  the 
  Green 
  there 
  is 
  plenty 
  of 
  wood 
  and 
  grass. 
  

  

  A 
  sketch 
  of 
  the 
  ford 
  is 
  given 
  here. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  easy 
  ford, 
  

   but 
  a 
  slight 
  deviation 
  from 
  the 
  route 
  takes 
  one 
  into 
  deep 
  water. 
  The 
  

   deepest 
  part 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  sand-bar, 
  where, 
  in 
  November, 
  the 
  

   water 
  nearly 
  reaches 
  the 
  hubs 
  of 
  the 
  wheels. 
  The 
  bottom 
  is 
  of 
  pebbles, 
  

   and 
  perfectly 
  hard. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  ford 
  the 
  road 
  follows 
  the 
  eld 
  Spanish 
  trail 
  up 
  an 
  alkaline 
  

   creek, 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  which 
  sinks 
  and 
  rises 
  several 
  times. 
  At 
  15 
  miles 
  

   from 
  the 
  ford 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  this 
  creek 
  is 
  good, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  wood 
  and 
  

   grass. 
  Fifteen 
  miles 
  beyond 
  there 
  is 
  water 
  iu 
  large 
  pockets 
  or 
  holes, 
  

   never 
  fai'i 
  in 
  g, 
  with 
  wood 
  and 
  good 
  grass. 
  At 
  12 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  last 
  

   point 
  there 
  is 
  water 
  in 
  a 
  caiion 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  road, 
  with 
  good 
  

   grass, 
  but 
  little 
  wood. 
  In 
  15 
  miles 
  more 
  the 
  road 
  crosses 
  the 
  first 
  branch 
  

   of 
  the 
  Sau 
  Eaphael 
  Eiver, 
  known 
  as 
  Huntington 
  Creek, 
  where 
  are 
  good 
  

   water, 
  grass, 
  and 
  wood. 
  Three 
  miles 
  bej^ond, 
  it 
  crosses 
  Cottonwood 
  

   Creek, 
  another 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Eaphael, 
  where 
  also 
  are 
  good 
  camping 
  

   places. 
  And 
  12 
  miles 
  farther 
  on 
  it 
  crosses 
  Ferron's 
  Creek, 
  a 
  third 
  branch 
  

   of 
  the 
  San 
  Eaphael, 
  where 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  camp, 
  but 
  wood 
  is 
  scarce. 
  In 
  12 
  

   miles 
  from 
  Ferron's 
  Creek, 
  over 
  a 
  blue 
  clay-soil, 
  which 
  in 
  wet 
  weather 
  

   is 
  bottomless, 
  the 
  road 
  reaches 
  Quichepan 
  Creek, 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  good 
  

   water 
  and 
  grass, 
  but 
  little 
  wood. 
  At 
  6 
  miles 
  farther 
  is 
  Muddy 
  Creek, 
  

   where 
  there 
  is 
  good 
  water, 
  but 
  little 
  wood 
  or 
  grass. 
  Six 
  miles 
  beyond 
  

   is 
  Seep 
  Creek, 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  all 
  the 
  requisites 
  of 
  a 
  good 
  camp; 
  thence 
  

   it 
  is 
  G 
  miles 
  to 
  Ivy 
  Creek, 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  its 
  caiion, 
  where 
  the 
  same 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  prevail. 
  From 
  this 
  point 
  to 
  Salina 
  is 
  40 
  miles. 
  Wood, 
  water, 
  

   and 
  grass 
  are 
  abundant 
  on 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  route, 
  and 
  the 
  road 
  is 
  good, 
  

   with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  one 
  very 
  long, 
  steep 
  hill, 
  near 
  Salina, 
  which 
  is 
  

   ascended 
  by 
  teams 
  going 
  westward. 
  The 
  ascent 
  of 
  this 
  hill 
  is 
  2,000 
  

   feet. 
  Between 
  Ivy 
  Creek 
  and 
  Salina 
  there 
  are 
  ranches 
  at 
  short 
  inter- 
  

   vals. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  TJncompahgre 
  agency 
  to 
  the 
  Green 
  Eiver, 
  the 
  soil 
  is, 
  almost 
  

   everywhere, 
  a 
  stiff' 
  clay, 
  which, 
  when 
  dry, 
  forms 
  an 
  excellent, 
  hard 
  road, 
  

   but, 
  when 
  wet, 
  is 
  heavy, 
  deep, 
  and 
  very 
  tenacious, 
  making 
  traveling 
  

   with 
  loaded 
  wagons 
  next 
  to 
  impossible. 
  

  

  