Exploring the Great Salt Lake: The Stansbury Expedition of 1849-50Brigham D. Madsen |
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Page 88
... appearance of drift wood far out on the Prairies must overflow its banks a very considerable distance . The soil is so sandy that at this time it would take the discharge of a large river to fill its channel & keep the water running ...
... appearance of drift wood far out on the Prairies must overflow its banks a very considerable distance . The soil is so sandy that at this time it would take the discharge of a large river to fill its channel & keep the water running ...
Page 356
... appearance or otherwise of the sun makes in this climate a most remark- able difference in the temperature . The day may be oppressively warm , but as soon as the sun disappears behind the western mountains , a fire is indispensable to ...
... appearance or otherwise of the sun makes in this climate a most remark- able difference in the temperature . The day may be oppressively warm , but as soon as the sun disappears behind the western mountains , a fire is indispensable to ...
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... appearance of the rolling hills S of us this is probably the case more or less to the caƱon - warm & cloudy with high wind from NW all day , fell at dark , cloudy & still & warm - Our beast killed a buf bull & an Antelope & left the ...
... appearance of the rolling hills S of us this is probably the case more or less to the caƱon - warm & cloudy with high wind from NW all day , fell at dark , cloudy & still & warm - Our beast killed a buf bull & an Antelope & left the ...
Contents
THE TRIP ACROSS THE PLAINS | 1 |
RECONNAISSANCE FROM FORT BRIDGER TO OGDEN | 145 |
RECONNAISSANCE OF A ROAD TO FORT HALL | 157 |
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