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Show 18 OVERLAND ROUTE 361~ 4 SMALL CREEK, two feet deep.- Road now runs near to river. Four miles an·d a half on, is the 4 ~ LONE TREE, a large white Cedar, which stands a little south of the road. Three miles on is 3 ASH I-IOLLOW -south of river.- Three miles from here you come to 3 QUICKSAND CREEl{, about 30 yards wide, and rather bad to cross on account of quicksand. 4~ CAST•LE BLUFFS, south of river. Thirteen miles mJre brings you to 13 SANDY BLUFFS. Half a mile over these is the bottom land. The road. now crosses three dry creeks, in a distance of five miles, and runs near to river for three miles, te a 8~ SHOAL CREEK, one milo and a half from which is a 12 POND OR I~AKE, south of road, which is no\lv sandy, for most of the way, many miles. After ~five miles travel, you reach ~ 5 COBBLESTONE BLUFFS.- 408! TO CALIFORNIA. ]9 408~ . . Chimney Rock may b~ seen In the dis-tance. From here it is two miles and a quarter to where 2! ROAD DESCENDS, and in twelve miles further the 12 ROAD JOINS THE RIVER.Good camping grounds can be found along the river, which runs near the road for eight miles, when you come to 8 SANDY ROLLING LAND, or · low bluffs. It is one mile over these to low land, and fourteen miles to 15 CHIMNEY ROC!{, on the south side of river. From here it is twenty miles to 20 SCOTT'S BLUFF, which is also on the south side of the river. Road runs near to the river, and it is four miles to 4 COLD CREEK, which is twelve feet wide and one foot deep. This stream is upon the loft of the road ; you do not cross it, but travel near it a short distance. 469~ |
