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Show 672 San Juan River from Goodrich where the road crosses the river. Sometimes automobiles travel on this road on the north side of the river west of Mexican Hat. " Q. Well, now, west of Mexican Hat and on the north side of the San Juan are there any roads in there? " A. The nearest road in there is from Blanding to the Armstrong Canyon, Edwin bridge on the White canyon. The next one north is about twenty- five miles north from Bluff to Blanding. " Then from Blanding to the end of the road is forty- eight miles across the top of the Elk mountains." This road ends at the Edwin Natural Bridge, located a little southeast from what they call the Bear's Bars, the highest point on Elk Mountains. R. 1614- 1615. In 1880, there was a road from the Colorado River to Bluff, put in from White Canyon, around the head of Grand Gulch, struck Comb wash about twelve miles above the river, went to the river [ San Juan] and on to Bluff, cutting through the cliff, but it is impassable. There is also a trail that goes from Marsh Pass, crosses at the Recompense Placer Mines, the Clay Hill Crossing, and on to Elk Mountains. From that trail you can go down to the Hall Crossing, Hole- in- the- Rock or Hite on the Colorado River. Another trail crosses the San Juan River three miles up from its mouth, crosses over to the Hole- in- the- Rock and on into Escalante, Utah. |