Randolph B. Marcy: The Prairie Traveler


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Great Salt Lake City to Los Angeles

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VI.—From Salt Lake City to Los Angeles.


   Miles.
From Salt Lake City to
20 5/8.Willow Creek.—Good grass.
14.American Creek.—Good grass.
11 1/2.Provo City.—Town.
7 1/4.Hobble Creek.—Good camp.
6.Spanish Fork.—Good camp.
5.Peteetneet.—Good camp.
25.Salt Creek.—Several small streams between. Good camp.
18 5/8.Toola Creek.—Ford. No wood; grass good.
6 1/4.Sevier River.—Road is sandy, passing over a high ridge. Good camp.
25 1/2.Cedar Creek.—Road rather mountainous and sandy. Good grass and wood.
17 1/2.Creek.—This is the fourth stream south of Sevier River. Road crosses two streams. Good camp.
3 5/8.Willow Flats.—The water sinks a little east of the road.
25.Spring.—Good grass and water.
22 1/4.Sage Creek.—Grass poor; wood and water.
5 1/8.Beaver Creek.—Good wood, water and grass.
27 1/4.North Cañon Creek.—In Little Salt Lake Valley. Good grass; no wood. The road is rough and steep for six miles.
5 3/8.Creek.—Good wood, water, and grass.
6 3/4.Creek.—Good wood, water, and grass.
12 7/8.Cottonwood Creek.—Good grass and water.
9.Cedar Springs.—Good camp.
23.Pynte Creek.—Good grass one mile up the cañon.
9.Road Springs.—Road is rough; good camp.
16.Santa Clara.—Road descending and rough; poor grass. From this point to Cahoon Pass look out for Indians.
17 1/8.Camp Springs.—Two miles from before reaching the springs the road leaves the Santa Clara. Good Grass.
22 7/8.Rio Virgin.—Road crosses over the summit of a mountain. Good raod; grass poor.
39 5/8.Rio Virgin.—Road runs down the Rio Virgin, crossing it ten times. Grass good down the river.
19 5/8.Muddy Creek.—Road for half a mile is very steep and sandy. Good camp.
52 5/8.Las Vegas.—Water is sometimes found 2 1/2 miles west of the road in holes 23 miles from the Muddy, and some grass about a mile from the road. Good camp.
5.On Vegas.—Road runs up the river. Good grass.
17.Cottonwood Spring.—Poor grass.
29 3/4.Cottonwood Grove.—No grass. Water and grass can be found four miles west by following the old Spanish trail to a ravine, and thence to the left in the ravine one mile.
21 3/4.Resting Springs.—Good grass and water Animals should be rested here before entering the desert.
7.Spring.—The spring is on the left of the road, and flows into Saleratus Creek. Animals must not be allowed to drink the Saleratus water.
14 1/8.Salt Springs.—Poor grass and no fresh water.
38 3/4.Bitter Springs.—Good road; poor grass.
30 3/4.Mohave River.—Good road and good grass.
51 1/2.On the Mohave.—Last ford. Good grass all the way up the Mohave.
17.Cahoon Pass.—At the summit.
10.Camp.—Road bad down the cañon.
11 1/2.Coco Mongo Ranch.
10.Del Chino Ranch.—Williams.
19 3/8.San Gabriel River.
6.San Gabriel Mission.
8 1/4Pueblo de los Angeles.
65 3/4.Santa Clara River.—On the Coast Route. Good camps to San José.
7 1/2.Buena Ventura Mission and River.—Road here strikes the Pacific shore.
26.Santa Barbara.—Town.
45 3/4.San Yenness River.—At the mission.
78 7/8.Santa Margareta.—Old Mission.
28 3/8.San Miguel.—Old Mission.
24 3/4.San Antonio River.
26 3/4.Rio del Monterey.
15 5/8.Solida Mission.—At the ford of Rio del Monterey.
37 1/2.San Juan Mission.
33.San José Pueblo.
75.San Francisco.

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