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Show FALL 2013 UHQ pp 304-385_UHQ Stories/pp.4-68 9/16/13 1:25 PM Page 378 NATIONAL ArChIVES UTAh hISTOrICAL QUArTErLy one of these trails.) These two trails, which began near a rock formation on Elk Ridge known as the Bears Ears, were supposed to lead to the Colorado River, but soon faded out. After numerous attempts at navigating through confounding topography, Morton and his men took an alternate route but never reached the river. Glad to be out of the canyons, they now rode atop a mesa but soon realized that traveling through a dense juniper and piñon forest could be just as confusing. The party, blocked and disoriented for part of 378 This image, which is a small portion of a much larger map drawn by Stevens in 1886, provides good historical information about San Juan County. The Soldiers Spring encampment was located in the canyon projecting north of Abajo Peak, where a stream and two roads converge. |
