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Show RESEARCH AND C. INTERPRETATION Gregory Crampton the Spaniards generally paralleled From their San Bartolome campsite wash of Soap Creek immediately the in 25 U. S. 89A, camping on October Emmett Wash to the present They drifted down above the highway bridge. for a mi Ie and a half they reached U.S. 89A. Following along the highway fol lowed down the Looking for water they the South Fork of Soap Creek. a to northeasterly from an easterly arroyo of the South Fork, swinging in a dry canyon themselves found miles three they direction. Having gone a steep ramp located At this point the padres over two hundred feet deep. the rim. to direction westward them in a in the canyon wal I which carried had just wash the from they far not From here they turned to the northeast, to when referred cottonwoods the from distance left. Probably they were some they saw them. Highway 89A the Spaniards passed cottonwoods Lodge and camped near the the site of the present the Vermi lion CI iffs. breaks it where through at the mouth of Soap Creek Canyon be seen on the right side of the Here they found a spring which may stil I The spring, with wash about 75 feet upstream from the highway bridge. waters a I a rge growth of reeds its around ") edges, wh i te a I ka I i ("sa I +pe+er Very close but south and east of U. Cliff Dwellers S. now and no other trees have gone But the cottonwoods plants. within a few mi les, the other are there springs Although replaced them. Furthermore, these distances traveled correspond only with Soap Creek. have appeared as described other springs are in remote gulches and would not are and other in the diary. of Soap Creek is It should be noted here that the Spaniards' crossing a into straight-wal led the only one possible ince the creek drops off Vermilion and the Cliffs, rising near here canyon immediately below camp more than to heights in excess of 3,000 feet, prevent crossing at any point this travelers AI I later way were for coming a quarter of a mile upstream. U. S. of the dictated 89A, to routing ced by the topography, which also pass through this narrow corridor. RESEARCH METHODS This section of the trail was surveyed on June 19-20, 1975, by Jane In addition to visual study Rusho, W. L. Rusho and C. Gregory Crampton. hiked down the canyon of and Rusho S. on U. Crampton 89A, Highway by jeep the South Fork of Soap Creek reaching .a point where the canyon was about Rusho found a steep s lope 200 ramp where the Span i ards with fe7t eep. o.r difficulty could reach the rim, this by travel ing westward. located in Sec. 8, T38M, R6E, G and SR Meridian. some t.Jlaps Canyon consu I ted: USGS Quads Emmett ... This Wash, Tanner Wash; AMS Marb Ie 160- is |
