| Show Our guide now tells us that if we take the road to the left we would travel along DahlDugway However this road 1s now onlynarrow horse trail lue to forces of nature which have caused part of the road to slip away into the creek below man by the name of Dahl from Spring City spent much time and effort in the early years working to make the dugwaysafer place for travel At one time the dugway hadsign which read To Bmery County short distance from the dugway was an area trip was known as Black Springs black willow tree once grew near the spring In 1915 this wasfavorite spot for school hikes and picnics That year Randolph Jensen took his 6th grade students to the site for an outing The made the with tean amd wagon with one of the students Leslie Madsen driving the conveyance with his classmates to the springs where they enjoyed picnicking and climbing around the hills Back on the main road we pass the Pig Pen cool mountain spring bubblad here where people and livestock came to quench their thirst We round the Red Cedar Curve sharp turn named for the three big red cedars which once stood there Another picturesque spot is Ponderosa Flat The Ponderosas were planted there about 1915 under the supervision of Baker Forester astesting area for Utah and Idaho Around Hairpin Curve we seesolid mass of quaking aspen trees called SampsonCarpet because from the view above 1t looks likehuge green carpet Lake Hill the city campground is enticing with its fishing and pleasant canping area Another landmark is the Cabbage Patch Some 2all 1t wild cabbage but it is actually Mules Ear and the only patch on the Ephrain reserve We stop now at Burnt Stump Waters favorite rendezvous of early teamsters Here fire had burned many trees down leaving only blackened stumps stream of water runs under the road In the days when men traveled over the mountain to Emery County with their teams and wagons to get coal for the winter the tires on the wagons would get hot coming down the mountain so this wasfavorite place to stop and pour water on the tires to cool them down We swing around theCurve and next arrive at the It Great Basin Experiment Station established in 1912 is the oldest research station on forest range and watershed land in America |
