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Show 304 From Nephi Springs t o Cave Spring wells 22 miles the road passes over the rim of the basin, rough and rugged - h i l l s covered with good bunch grass, pinion pines & cedars - water not good " Cave Springs t o Meadow Valley 33 " rough road passing thro heavy growth of pinion pine & cedar timber - the valley 16 miles long, width from 5 t o 20 miles - 300 acres of meadow grass, by extending down in Kanyon South many hundred acres of meadow grass at head of Valley a large warm Spring sufficient for a small g r i s t mill - by taking 2 miles in a ditch can water 150 acres of land in east side of the Valley - 2 miles N.W. from t h i s spring i s a small Kanyon spring Box Elder Creek able to water 20 acres good cool water. The warm water no f i t to drink " Meadow Valley t o Bennett Springs 12 sufficient water for 10 acres of land, feed, grass and wood plenty - cedar for fuel Bennett Springs to Desert Spring Wells 34 " water a l l gone 1st of June 1858 - a l l desert - travelling camp can stay one night for grass and fuel - one man 5 hours t o dip water for 2 wagons 15 May 58 Desert Spring Wells t o Desert Swamps 38 |