﻿APPENDIX 
  VII. 
  

  

  SOTES 
  OF 
  A 
  JOURNEY 
  MADE 
  TO 
  UTAH 
  AND 
  IDAHO 
  IN 
  

   THE 
  SUMMER 
  OF 
  1878, 
  BY 
  A. 
  S. 
  PACKARD, 
  Jr. 
  

  

  August 
  14, 
  1878. 
  — 
  I 
  left 
  Salein, 
  Mass., 
  for 
  Omaha, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Leslie 
  A. 
  

   Lee, 
  instructor 
  in 
  zoology, 
  &c, 
  of 
  Bowdoin 
  College, 
  Brunswick, 
  Me., 
  as 
  special 
  assist- 
  

   ant. 
  We 
  reached 
  Omaha 
  on 
  the 
  17th, 
  taking 
  the 
  overland 
  train 
  that 
  day 
  for 
  Chey- 
  

   enne. 
  

  

  August 
  18. 
  — 
  The 
  day 
  following 
  we 
  saw, 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  after 
  leaving 
  Omaha, 
  the 
  

   sago-brush 
  and 
  the 
  characteristic 
  appearances 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  plains" 
  at 
  Big 
  Springs, 
  Nebr. 
  

   At" 
  Potter 
  we 
  collected 
  along 
  the 
  railroad 
  track 
  both 
  sexes 
  of 
  Caloptenus 
  femur-rubrum, 
  

   and 
  also 
  several 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  genuine 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  locust 
  (Caloptenus 
  sprelus). 
  

   In 
  the 
  evening 
  we 
  arrived 
  at 
  Denver, 
  Colo. 
  

  

  August 
  19. 
  — 
  We 
  made 
  an 
  early 
  start 
  for 
  Georgetown, 
  arriving 
  there 
  at 
  12.30, 
  and 
  

   after 
  lunch 
  took 
  horses 
  for 
  Mrs. 
  Lane's 
  "log 
  cabin," 
  sitnated 
  near 
  the 
  Argentine 
  Pass, 
  

   at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  Gray's 
  Peak. 
  Along 
  the 
  road, 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  miles 
  above 
  Georgetown, 
  Calop- 
  

   tenus 
  spretus 
  was 
  not 
  uncommon 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  roughly 
  estimated 
  at 
  about 
  9,000 
  feet 
  

   above 
  the 
  sea. 
  

  

  August 
  20. 
  — 
  The 
  ascent 
  of 
  Gray's 
  Peak 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  a 
  storm 
  of 
  hail, 
  thunder, 
  and 
  

   lightning. 
  The 
  insects 
  native 
  to 
  the 
  extreme 
  summit, 
  found 
  by 
  turning 
  over 
  stones, 
  

   were 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Phalangium 
  or 
  harvest-man, 
  a 
  spider 
  and 
  mite, 
  together 
  with 
  Po- 
  

   diua 
  1 
  . 
  Specimens 
  of 
  Caloptenus 
  spretus 
  also 
  occurred 
  under 
  stones, 
  benumbed 
  with 
  the 
  

   cold. 
  The 
  workmen 
  building 
  the 
  summit-house 
  told 
  us 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  seen 
  a 
  few 
  lo- 
  

   custs 
  dying 
  over 
  the 
  peak 
  in 
  clear 
  weather. 
  

  

  Upon 
  the 
  "Alpes," 
  or 
  green, 
  flower-strown 
  slopes 
  of 
  Gray's 
  Peak, 
  above 
  timber 
  line, 
  

   about 
  12,009 
  feet 
  altitude, 
  Caloptenus 
  spretus 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  abundance. 
  

  

  While 
  in 
  Denver 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Bell 
  informed 
  us 
  that 
  August 
  14, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  Park, 
  

   he 
  saw 
  a 
  swarm 
  of 
  locusts 
  flying 
  east 
  for 
  an 
  hour 
  or 
  two; 
  he 
  also 
  said 
  that 
  they 
  bred 
  

   in 
  Snake 
  and 
  Bear 
  River 
  Valleys 
  nearly 
  every 
  year, 
  but 
  that 
  none 
  were 
  seen 
  this 
  year 
  

   in 
  Snake 
  Valley. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wright 
  told 
  us 
  that 
  locusts 
  were 
  abundant 
  August 
  12 
  and 
  13 
  in 
  Estes 
  Park 
  at 
  

   Ferguson's 
  Hotel. 
  He 
  saw 
  them 
  flying 
  in 
  the 
  air 
  in 
  "enormous 
  numbers," 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  

   was 
  feared 
  that 
  they 
  would 
  lay 
  their 
  eggs, 
  the 
  ground 
  being 
  "covered" 
  with 
  locusts. 
  

  

  Captain 
  Jenness 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  locusts 
  had 
  bred 
  this 
  summer 
  in 
  small 
  quantities 
  in 
  

   Gilpin 
  County, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  Bear 
  Mountains. 
  

  

  August 
  23. 
  — 
  We 
  left 
  Denver 
  for 
  Cheyenne 
  and 
  Ogden. 
  At 
  the 
  station 
  of 
  " 
  Summit," 
  

   on 
  the 
  Union 
  Pacific 
  Railroad, 
  Ave 
  were 
  told 
  that 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  locust 
  had 
  bred 
  

   iu 
  the 
  "bottoms" 
  near 
  the 
  station 
  this 
  year 
  and 
  last 
  in 
  sufficient 
  numbers 
  to 
  answer 
  

   for 
  bait 
  in 
  trout 
  fishing. 
  

  

  At 
  Laramie 
  City 
  a 
  person 
  told 
  us 
  that 
  locusts 
  were 
  seen 
  about 
  the 
  6th 
  or 
  8th 
  of 
  the 
  

   month 
  in 
  the 
  air 
  living 
  towards 
  the 
  southeast. 
  At 
  Rock 
  Creek 
  Station 
  we 
  were 
  in- 
  

   formed 
  by 
  freighters 
  that 
  no 
  locusts 
  had 
  been 
  seen 
  this 
  season 
  between 
  the 
  station 
  

   and 
  Fort 
  Kinney, 
  about 
  200 
  miles 
  northward, 
  and 
  that 
  in 
  general 
  they 
  were 
  less 
  numer- 
  

   ous 
  this 
  year 
  than 
  in 
  1877. 
  No 
  locusts 
  had 
  been 
  seen 
  about 
  Bridger, 
  nor 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  

   norrh 
  of 
  Cooper's 
  Lake 
  this 
  season. 
  

  

  Aug 
  lint 
  24.— 
  While 
  locusts 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  seen 
  by 
  us 
  in 
  passing 
  through 
  Wyoming 
  they 
  

   were 
  abundant 
  at 
  Evanston, 
  and 
  from 
  there 
  to 
  Echo. 
  We 
  left 
  the 
  train 
  at 
  Echo 
  Sta- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  drove 
  to 
  Coalville, 
  enjoying 
  the 
  hospitality 
  of 
  Bishop 
  Clough 
  for 
  two 
  days. 
  

   He 
  informed 
  us 
  that 
  nearly 
  one-haif 
  the 
  wheat 
  crop 
  in 
  Summit 
  County 
  had 
  been 
  de- 
  

   stroyed 
  this 
  year 
  by 
  the 
  unfledged 
  locusts, 
  which 
  hatched 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  wheat 
  fields. 
  The 
  

   swarms 
  which 
  ilew 
  into 
  the 
  county 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  in 
  1^77 
  laid 
  their 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  

   cultivated 
  wheat 
  fields, 
  not 
  on 
  the 
  hillsides 
  as 
  usual, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  young 
  when 
  hatched 
  

   could 
  not 
  be 
  kept 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  wheat. 
  When 
  winged 
  they 
  flew 
  back 
  (contrary 
  to 
  the 
  

   usual 
  rule) 
  in 
  a 
  northerly 
  course 
  into 
  Morgan 
  County, 
  whence 
  their 
  parents 
  came 
  in 
  

   the 
  previous 
  year. 
  In 
  former 
  years 
  the 
  locusts, 
  on 
  becoming 
  winged, 
  took 
  flight 
  iu 
  a 
  

   southeasterly 
  course. 
  We 
  learned 
  that 
  at 
  the 
  Dairy, 
  three 
  miles'sonth 
  of 
  Wasatch, 
  

   locusts 
  were 
  verv 
  thick 
  August 
  24 
  of 
  this 
  year. 
  

  

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