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Show deeply arroyo al I nearly Like is 20 feet in the streams This is entrenched. clearly deep. left side at the are the remains of On the the and top, fl int numerous chippings Bul I Rush Wash has been l den+ at Santa Gertrudis where the Strip country, ev upstream side of the break, among rocks near a prehistoric structure, about 20 feet square, and pottery sherds. Escalante's direction for the last league of the day should read north northeast, which was the direction the party was traveling, not east northeast. Furthermore, he may have reversed his mileages for the first of the part day's trave I. The party 'seems to have trave I ed fou r leagues to the east-northeast and then two to the northeast, no+ the reverse. RESEARCH METHODS AI I but few mi les of this a day's trai I of which by jeep fol lowing little more than cattle trails. and swal lowed great quantities of were covered country roads, many gates, no two alike, dust which, driven by a high wind, swirled about the jeep and its Jane Rusho, W. L. Rusho and C. Gregory Crampton made the study on typical opened cattle We innumerable were passengers. June 17, 1975. information about the route and local history was provided by Joseph It was at Pipe Spring and resident of Ordervil Ie, Utah. I the Rush Bul in Bolander was running sheep country interesting to learn that Some C. and Bolander, employee beyond remembers when the Bolton them wei I. party came through in 1927. Maps consulted: USGS Quad Heaton Knol Is; AHD, 2; AMS Grand Canyon. He met the Mohave County men Sheets October 21 On the 21st we set out from Santa Gertrudis headed east, going half a league we turned northeast. Several times we crossed EI Arroyo de Santa Gertrudis, which in most places had large banked ponds of water; then, having traveled five leagues and a half northeast over not too good terrain and some twists and turns, we and after sagebrush stretches which were not troublesome, good terrain. Then, after going a little more than four leagues east-northeast, we halted when it was already dark near a sma I I ravine with good pasturage, but Lorenzo de 01 ivares, driven lacking water even for the men. for too eaten thirst many of the seeds, pinon having by and cactus we had pears nuts, bought, went off as soon went and as over over we stopped Santa Barba ra. look for water in the arroyos, appearance al I night; this caused us We named the place Today ten leagues. in order to and did not make plenty of worry. an -153- and I, |
