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Show Then, because of necessary to cross a northern to the south escarpment side. or bench, Farther west it again becomes approximately three river was made near the settlement of Bridgeland. crossing led the trai I and nearby p la l ns the meadows northern Following along west approximately seven mi les. The old highway from Duchesne to Brldgeland wou I d seem to be on the Dam i nguez-Esca I ante tra iii n th i s area. mi les the fifth of the , thn The town Of Duchesne lies near the confluence of the Strawberry River, in from the northwest, and the Duchesne River, coming in from the north. Easternmost is the Duchesne which is turned east and then east-north coming the impact of the Strawberry. At this point the triangular peninsula bench abuts the river, compel ling the traveler to ascend and intersect that triangle, climbing out of the Duchesne on the east side of the abutment, crossing it, and' then descending to the Duchesne. A further triangular abutment separates the Duchesne from the Strawberry. east of by a it is not surprising that the Dominguez-Escalante par-ty, the present town of Duchesne, climbed "a not very high mesa, flat on top and very stony, traveled for about three quarters of a league, which inCludes the ascent and descent, crossed another smal I river which we named the Santa Catarina de Sena, and halted by its edge." They had crossed the little mesa and descended it to cross the Duchesne RiveG camping in a meadow about a mile north of U. S. Highway 40. On the fol lowing day they crossed the next triangular bench to the Strawberry. Hence approaching There can be I itt I e quest i on of the genera I I ocat i on of the camps i te Catarina de Sen a in a meadow on the northern side of the Duchesne and about a mile above the town. On Purple esa to the west there are trails of Santa ascending to the top and across to the Strawberry. RESEARCH METHODS A I I of the river bottom i ands have been reconno i tered on both sides from Randlett to Duchesne. The various river crossings and the exact trail cannot be identified but only approximated. However, the directions in the given diary and the distances involved make it possible to assume the reasons for the crossings and the approximate area crossed by the trai·l. The sloughs east of Myton, the airstrip mesa, the crossing of "three rivers" on September 18, and the Blue Mesa obstacle near Ouchesne al I make the approximate line of the trail very clear, especially when related to detai I maps of the areas. September On the 19th 19 set out with no trail from EI Rio Sena toward the southwest, went up a gradual and short but very rocky slope; then, after a quarter-league we turned west, went down to EI Rio de San Cosme's edge and traveled along it for two leade Santa Catarina we de -107- |
