Part 7

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========================================================================= | | || | | | M | Y || M | Y | Description. | i | a || i | a | | l | r || l | r | | e | d || e | d | | s. | s. || s. | s. | --------------------+----+----++----+----+------------------------------- Ft. Wingate, | | || | | Spring Cr’k | | || | |Crossed by bridge, water plenty, Crossing | 2 |1010|| 2 |1010| wood on hills. Spring | 7 | 738|| 9 |1748|Spring close to road on south | | || | | side, at base rocky bluff, | | || | | water bad, wood plenty, and | | || | | good grazing, road sandy for | | || | | short distance. Bridge over | | || | |Bridge across Rio Puerco of the Defiance road | 3 | 496|| 13 | 484| West; water good and grass | | || | | plenty. Camp on Rio Puerco | 3 | 525|| 16 |1009|Water muddy, plenty wood, good | | || | | grass. Quirina Cañon | 19 | 323|| 35 |1332|Rio Puerco almost washing away | | || | | the road. Bluffs on left bank | | || | | very steep and abrupt. Camp on Rio Puerco | 5 | 442|| 41 | 14|Camp a short distance off road. Crossing of Rio | 12 | 659|| 53 | 673|Half a mile east of the crossing, Puerco | | || | | a road leads off to the left, | | || | | bed of river, quicksand, | | || | | crossing fair, road good. 2d Crossing of | 1 | 540|| 54 |1213|Here we were unable to effect a Rio Puerco | | || | | crossing, owing to recent | | || | | freshet washing away the banks, | | || | | leaving them 20 feet high and | | || | | abrupt; left road and crossed | | || | | country keeping from one to | | || | | two miles from right bank of | | || | | river. Road between crossings | | || | | is sandy. The route on north | | || | | side of Puerco is shortest. | | || | | Distance to Carrizo Creek about | | || | | 11 miles. Water in Rio Puerco, | | || | | between those points, not | | || | | permanent. Camp on Rio Puerco | 7 |1345|| 62 | 798|Heavy traveling, water muddy, | | || | | grass ordinarily good, | | || | | greasewood abundant. Road | 13| 834|| 75|1632|Traveling a little heavy; | | || | | crossed some sandy Arroyos | | || | | before getting on road, water | | || | | in Rio Puerco. Camp on Carrizo | | || | | Creek | 5 | 31|| 80 |1663|Water obtained by digging, wood | | || | | scarce, road and grass good. Lithodendron Creek | 13 |1666|| 94 |1569|A wide sandy bed, no water, | | || | | crossing in dry weather good, | | || | | but very difficult when there | | || | | is water, quicksands, road | | || | | good, a steep hill on east | | || | | side. South of the crossing, | | || | | the Rio Puerco becomes a wide, | | || | | dry, sandy bed. Camp on Little | 16 |1216||111 |1025|Water and grass abundant and Colorado River | | || | | good, plenty of wood, road | | || | | good. About five miles up the | | || | | Puerco, water was found in | | || | | holes. Camp on Little | 19 |1020||131 | 285|Half a mile from road to river, Colorado River | | || | | plenty wood and water, grass | | || | | good, road good. Camp at Sunset | 14 | 493||145 | 778|Plenty wood and water, no grass Crossing Little | | || | | near crossing, road good to Colorado River | | || | | Cottonwood Fork, which empties | | || | | into the Little Colorado, near | | || | | Sunset Crossing. Cottonwood | | || | | Fork has a delta, and in time | | || | | of freshet overflows the | | || | | valley for several miles, | | || | | rendering it impassable. | | || | | Sunset Crossing is not passable | | || | | in time of melting snows | | || | | without the aid of a raft. Camp at Sunset Pass,| 18 | 669||163 |1447|Road gradually up grade, but good on Big Dry Fork | | || | | traveling, permanent water in | | || | | tanks in bed of creek for about | | || | | four miles, in cañon plenty | | || | | wood, water, and grass. Camp on a lake of | 21 | 42||184 |1489|Four miles from Camp on Big Dry snow water | | || | | Fork, the road runs through | | || | | thick cedar to Jarvis Pass, | | || | | which is 14 miles from Sunset | | || | | Pass. Road good to Jarvis Pass, | | || | | thence stony; plenty of cedar | | || | | on lake. Simpkins’ Spring | 7|1681||192 | 411|Spring 100 yards north of road, | | || | | (trees blazed) good water, grass | | || | | ordinarily good, thick heavy | | || | | pine, road stony and up grade. Stoneman’s Lake | 10 | 859||203 | 510|Is about 4½ miles in | | || | | circumference, circular, an | | || | | abundance of permanent water. | | || | | Lake inclosed by bluffs about | | || | | 400 feet high, thick heavy | | || | | pine, good grass, very | | || | | difficult to get water. The | | || | | road leads through the Mogollon | | || | | Mountains from Simpkins’ Spring | | || | | to Stoneman’s Lake. In the | | || | | spring of the year, the road | | || | | through the mountains is | | || | | perfectly saturated with water, | | || | | very miry, and impassable for | | || | | heavy-loaded wagons. Pine | | || | | timber is thick and heavy on | | || | | mountains. Bartlet’s Tank | 7 |666 ||210 |1173|Tank 400 yards north of road. | | || | | Four miles from Stoneman’s Lake, | | || | | the road leads through thick | | || | | cedar, and becomes very rocky. | | || | | Two and a half miles southwest | | || | | of lake are two small creeks | | || | | with wood and grass, but no | | || | | permanent water. Beaver Creek | 11 |272 ||221 |1445|The descent to the creek is very Crossing | | || | | steep and abrupt. At base of | | || | | hill, a trail leads southward to | | || | | Camp Verde, which cuts off about | | || | | 9 miles. Road up to this point | | || | | leads through thick cedar, and | | || | | is very rocky, thence good. | | || | | Beaver Creek is a large stream | | || | | of permanent water, rocky bed, | | || | | banks low, crossing good, grass | | || | | fair, plenty wood. Rio Verde. | 12 |1121||234 | 806|Road good for 10 miles, thence | | || | | hilly to crossing. Rio Verde 80 | | || | | feet wide, gravel bed, good | | || | | water, banks low, crossing good, | | || | | scattered cottonwood on banks. A | | || | | road leads up the left bank to | | || | | the Indian Reservation. On right | | || | | bank, a right-hand road direct | | || | | to Prescott. Camp Verde | 6 |1673||241 | 719|Road good. Wild Cherry Creek | 12 |1412||254 | 371|Returned on road 4 miles, thence | | || | | over foothills of Verde | | || | | Mountains for 5 miles, thence | | || | | ascend and descend mountains to | | || | | Wild Cherry Creek. The ascent is | | || | | very steep, but gradual; the | | || | | descent is more abrupt; road in | | || | | good order. Wild Cherry Creek is | | || | | a running stream of permanent | | || | | water. Timber and grass | | || | | abundant. Gayetty’s Ranch | 3 | ||257 | 371|Ranch and station on left of | | || | | road. Ash Creek | 6 | 233||263 | 604|Permanent water in holes south of | | || | | crossing, banks low, rocky bed, | | || | | crossing good, plenty wood and | | || | | grass, road a little hilly. | | || | | Three miles east is the junction | | || | | of Grief Hill Road. 1st Crossing of Lynx| 7 |1345||271 | 189|Ranch at crossing, creek dry, Creek | | || | | water in well, good grass, wood | | || | | at ranch. 2d Crossing of Lynx| 8 |1002||279 |1191|Permanent water, ranch on west Creek | | || | | bank, scattered cottonwood, good | | || | | grass, low banks, rocky bed, | | || | | good crossing. Steep hill on | | || | | either side. Ft. Whipple | 6 | 155||285 |1346|On right bank of Granite Creek, | | || | | road hilly. --------------------+----+----++----+----+---------------------------------

Roads and Distances from the Colorado River (en route from Utah) South to Prescott.

No. 1. From Colorado Crossing, via Truxton Springs.

========================================================================= | |Total |Alti- | _To_ |Miles.|Miles.|tude. | _Description._ ---------------------+------+------+------+------------------------------ Tinnahkah Springs | 21 | 21 |4080.0|Small springs; bunch-grass; Attoovah (or Cañon) | | | | wood. Springs | 14 | 35 | |Spring in cañon; bunch-grass; | | | | cedar trees. New Creek of Ives, or| | | |Good camping-grounds; plenty Pahroach Springs | 14 | 49 | | wood, water and grass. Truxton Springs | 16 | 65 |3885.5|Bunch-grass through sagebrush; | | | | water and wood. Old Camp Willow Grove| 25 | 90 | |Wood, water and grass; Fort Rock | 15 | 105 | |Good water; no grass; little | | | | wood. Oaks and Willows | 27 | 132 | |Water, wood and grass. Old Camp Hualapais | 9 | 141 |5321.9|Good water and grass; plenty | | | | wood. Toll-gate in | 16 | 157 | |Water and wood; little grass. Williamson’s Valley | | | | Prescott | 23 | 180 |5318.0|Water and grass. ---------------------+------+------+------+------------------------------

Roads and Distances from the Colorado River South to Prescott.

No. II. From Mouth of Rio Virgen, via Virgin and Beale’s Springs.

========================================================================= | |Total |Alti- | To |Miles.|Miles.|tude. | Description. ---------------------+------+------+------+------------------------------ Mountain Spring | 41 | 41 |5500.8|Water alkaline; little | | | | bunch-grass; wood. Chloride City | 14 | 55 | |Water brackish; little grass. Mineral Park | 7 | 62 | |Water alkaline; wood and grass | | | | at small distance from town. Cerbat | 6 | 68 | |Water and wood; very little | | | | grass. Beale’s Springs | 9 | 77 | |Water and wood; grass some | | | | distance from camp. Hualapais Springs | 16 | 93 | |Good water, wood and grass. Old Camp Willow Grove| | | | (Cottonwood) | 20 | 113 |4170.0|Good water, wood and grass. Fort Rock | 15 | 128 | |Good water; no grass; little | | | | wood. Camp Hualapais | 36 | 164 |5321.9|Good water, wood and grass. Toll-gate | 16 | 180 | |Good water and wood; little | | | | grass. Prescott | 23 | 203 |5318.0|Good water and grass. ---------------------+------+------+------+------------------------------

No III. From Moqui-Pueblos Trail, via Mouth of Paria Creek.

========================================================================= | Total |Alti- | To |Miles.|Miles.|tude. | Description. ---------------------+------+------+------+------------------------------ Moen-copie Creek | 11 | 11 |4984.1|From map; distance probably too | | | | small. Colorado Chiquito | 12 | 23 | |From map; distance probably too | | | | small. Cascades | 58 | 81 | |From map; water alkaline; wood; | | | | grass scarce on lava _débris_ | | | | a few miles south of river. Wagon road | 11 | 92 | |Plenty of wood and grass. Cosnino Tanks | 4 | 96 |6244.1|Wood and excellent grass; water | | | | said to exist in tanks all the | | | | year. Antelope Springs | 24 | 120 |8065.1|Good grass and wood anywhere. Volunteer Spring | 11 | 133 |7106.4|Good wood, water and grass. Spring south of Bill| | | | Williams’ Mountain | 27 | 160 |5526.6|Good wood, water and grass. Rattlesnake Cañon | 15 | 175 |4600.0|Wood scarce; good water; | | | | bunch-grass. Postal’s Ranch | 14 | 189 | |Good water; wood and grass poor. Prescott | 22 | 211 |5318.0|Plenty water and wood. ---------------------+------+------+------+-------------------------------

Road from Virgin to Mountain Spring generally good.

From Moqui-Pueblos trail to Cascades and from Cosnino Tanks distances were taken from map, and for road distances (though correction was made) are probably too small.

The trail used from Cascades on Colorado Chiquito to wagon road is perfectly practicable for wagon; hence good mail-road to Prescott.

Good camping ground at crossing of Muddy Cañon, between Fort Rock and Oaks and Willows.

Road from Mineral Park good.

Road from Cerbat sandy.

Road from Beale’s Spring good; abandoned military post.

Road from Cottonwoods good. Mineral Park and Cerbat are both situated about one mile east of road from Chloride City to Beale’s Spring.

To Navajo Springs, good made road round springs; excellent to Limestone Pockets and beyond, till it passes divide, when it becomes sandy.

From Navajo Springs to Moqui-Pueblos trail, good road, following arroyo.

Camp Wallen, (abandoned) A. T., to Guaymas, Mexico.

[ESTIMATED.]

======================================================================== _To_ |_Miles._|_Miles._| _Description._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Camp Wallen | | |Babocomori Ranch and Settlement. Mescal Ranch | 9 | 9 |Water, grass and wood plenty. San Rafael | 8 | 27 |Water and grass plenty; no wood. Santa Cruz | 8 | 35 |Town; no wood. San Lazaro | 9 | 41 |} Spring of water | 12 | 56 |}Water, grass and wood plenty. Cocospera | 2 | 58 |} Mouth of Cañon | 6 | 64 |} Babasaqui | 12 | 76 |Ranch. Imeritz | 3 | 79 |Town. Ternate | 6 | 85 |Flour mill. Water, grass and | | | wood plenty. La Magdalena | 9 | 94 |Town. Guaymas | 223 | 317 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tucson

Tucson to Camp Crittenden (east slope of Santa Rita Range) via Davidson’s.

====================================================================== | | _Total_ |_Miles._|_Miles._ ---------------------------------------------------------------|------ Forks of Road (left fork to Bowie) | 14 | Davidson’s Spring | 12 | 26 Mescal Ranch (left fork to Camp Wallen and Babocomori)| 13 | 39 Road to Cienega | 2 | 41 Camp Crittenden | 9 | 50 ----------------------------------------------------------------------

The Same, via Tubac.

====================================================================== | | _Total_ |_Miles._|_Miles._ ---------------------------------------------------------------|------ Tucson to San Xavier del Bac | | (Papago Indian Reservation) | 9 | La Punta de Aqua Ranch | 2 | 11 Saurita Ranch | 9 | 20 Canoé (no water in dry season, grass | | and wood abundant) | 12 | 32 Tubac | 13 | 45 Calabasas | 13 | 58 Smith’s Ranch (main road to Sonora; | | left fork to Crittenden)| | 3 | 61 Sonoita (Aztec and Tubac mill-sites, ranch, | | and saw-mill) | 13 | 74 Camp Crittenden | 13 | 87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Prescott