﻿CHARACTERISTICS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MOUNTAIN 
  AREA. 
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  south, 
  along 
  the 
  courses 
  of 
  the 
  Sandys 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  nature 
  implied 
  

   by 
  these 
  names, 
  and, 
  farther 
  yet 
  toward 
  the 
  southeast, 
  near 
  the 
  South 
  

   Pass, 
  and 
  extending 
  thence 
  far 
  to 
  the 
  eastward 
  along 
  the 
  south 
  base 
  of 
  

   the 
  Sweetwater 
  Mountains 
  is 
  a 
  long 
  range 
  of 
  sand 
  dunes, 
  bnilt 
  up 
  from 
  

   the 
  accumulations 
  of 
  the 
  prevailing 
  westerly 
  wiuds. 
  

  

  The 
  broad 
  stretch 
  of 
  country 
  included 
  between 
  the 
  Big 
  Sandy 
  and 
  

   Green 
  Eiver 
  is 
  mainly 
  sandy, 
  grading, 
  in 
  its 
  southern 
  part 
  into 
  an 
  ad- 
  

   hesive, 
  alkaline 
  clay. 
  The 
  soil 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  basin, 
  i. 
  e. 
  

   that 
  lying 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  latitude 
  of 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Big 
  Sandy 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  

   latter 
  character, 
  produced 
  mainly 
  by 
  the 
  disintegration 
  of 
  the 
  Bridger 
  

   beds. 
  Along 
  Bitter 
  Creek, 
  almost 
  the 
  sole 
  vegetation 
  is 
  greasewood. 
  

  

  West 
  of 
  the 
  Green, 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  basin, 
  alkali 
  does 
  not 
  form 
  so 
  

   large 
  a 
  component 
  of 
  the 
  soils, 
  and 
  while 
  sage 
  is 
  the 
  predominant 
  

   growth, 
  still 
  grass 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  some 
  localities 
  in 
  sufficient 
  abundance 
  to 
  

   afford 
  fair 
  pasturage. 
  Passing 
  northward 
  on 
  this 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  we 
  

   find 
  the 
  same 
  gradation 
  from 
  a 
  clay 
  to 
  a 
  sandy 
  soil. 
  

  

  The 
  river 
  bottoms 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  streams 
  contain 
  fine 
  meadow 
  land, 
  

   which 
  can 
  easily 
  be 
  burned 
  over. 
  Green 
  Eiver, 
  from 
  its 
  head 
  down 
  to 
  

   Green 
  Eiver 
  City, 
  has 
  a 
  belt 
  of 
  bottom 
  land 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  two 
  miles 
  in 
  

   width, 
  all 
  well 
  grassed, 
  and 
  containing 
  occasional 
  groups 
  of 
  cottonwoods 
  

   and 
  willows. 
  Bitter 
  Creek 
  has 
  no 
  bottom 
  land, 
  but 
  flows 
  mainly 
  in 
  an 
  

   arroyo, 
  cut 
  in 
  the 
  clay 
  soil. 
  The 
  Big 
  Sandy 
  has 
  but 
  little 
  bottom 
  land. 
  

   From 
  its 
  mouth 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Little 
  Sandy 
  it 
  flows 
  in 
  a 
  low 
  canon, 
  

   whose 
  walls 
  closely 
  confine 
  the 
  stream. 
  Above 
  this 
  point 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   lands 
  are 
  narrow, 
  being 
  on 
  an 
  average 
  probably 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  one- 
  

   fourth 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  in 
  width. 
  

  

  The 
  various 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  Xew 
  Fork 
  of 
  the 
  Green 
  have 
  but 
  nar- 
  

   row 
  strips 
  of 
  bottom 
  land, 
  but 
  they 
  flow 
  through 
  a 
  comparatively 
  well- 
  

   grassed 
  country. 
  

  

  Xearly 
  all 
  the 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  Green 
  from 
  the 
  west 
  have 
  broad 
  

   meadow 
  lands 
  along 
  their 
  courses, 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  rivalling 
  in 
  width 
  those 
  

   of 
  the 
  main 
  stream 
  itself. 
  Of 
  these 
  Horse, 
  Marsh, 
  Bitterroot, 
  Piney, 
  

   and 
  Labarge 
  Creeks 
  have 
  particularly 
  fine 
  bottom 
  lands. 
  The 
  Fonte- 
  

   nelle 
  bottoms 
  are 
  narrower, 
  probably 
  averaging 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  half 
  

   mile 
  in 
  width, 
  and 
  limited 
  by 
  high 
  bluffs. 
  Slate 
  Creek 
  is 
  an 
  insignifi- 
  

   cant 
  stream 
  with 
  no 
  flood 
  plain. 
  

  

  The 
  bottom 
  lands 
  of 
  Black's 
  Fork 
  are 
  particularly 
  broad 
  and 
  fine, 
  be- 
  

   ing 
  fully 
  three 
  miles 
  in 
  average 
  breadth. 
  On 
  its 
  main 
  branch, 
  Ham's 
  

   Fork, 
  they 
  are 
  nearly 
  as 
  broad, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  of 
  Henry's 
  

   Fork, 
  which 
  enters 
  the 
  Green 
  just 
  above 
  its 
  canon 
  in 
  the 
  Uinta 
  Mount- 
  

   ains. 
  

  

  These 
  bottom 
  lands 
  are 
  everywhere 
  well 
  grassed, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  

   when 
  the 
  grass 
  is 
  dry 
  can 
  easily 
  be 
  burned 
  over. 
  

  

  The 
  rolling 
  plateaus 
  which 
  separate 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Green 
  

   Eiver 
  Basin 
  from 
  Bear 
  Eiver 
  are, 
  in 
  this 
  neighborhood, 
  desert-like 
  in 
  

   character, 
  Artemisia 
  being 
  the 
  principal 
  production. 
  As 
  we 
  recede 
  

  

  