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Show 15 had little time to record it part of the trail had Fe caravans to Los Angeles been in his difficult in of This diary. the days of but animals padc it greater tasJc wi th heavy and cumbersome wagons. part of help cleared Even a the then, crew of climb a and better trail had to they double push from behind men side.46 the mountain details they stopped their r7agons new Even on this part 6f picture of this area traveled this before route same the Hormons.. He to though the from the for t.eam s move a on the Pratt's journey we can while the was a the In all one-mile Santa much steepest available distance. each wagon and have heavy vehicles up journal gives gather the wri tings of Da.vid California in 1850 to particular a us vivid Che e srn an -- few one who year wrote: departure wa s to the right leaving the going up an arroyo to a po Ln t; wher e we made the ascent to gain the table-land Hhich would lead us to the Muddy. To ascend tbis point vra s a very difficult job. The upper The sum.rni t wa s several hundred feet in height. bench was very stee9, too steep for cattle to get a foot hold to pull. We, therefore doubled teams and in some Our Virgin next and thribbled them and took each \"721gon up the first bend whd ch was the longer of the t.vo ;Je thus got all of the vlagons from out of the ravine, u9 on to this bench and then turned the oxen loose and drove them to the table land above. It wa s vlith much difficulty that they managed instances , then joined our chains rim ba clc down to a vvagon secure and when all was ready end of th e chain at the SUt'11J:1i t., to scramble up to t-he top. together passing them over making the connection very . hi tched We had in was I oxen high as readiness +o the as tooJc 20 yolces a wagon 46Beattie, Heritage 47David Cheesman, California, 1930 the on p. uBy 293. W", Ox Team vte the £ from the and thus when up without Valley, 2£. everyt!ang stopping. cit., p. 173. Historical Soclet.J;: of Soutl1ern Salt Lal(e to Los Angeles 1850," |
