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G.Aldrich
1938
29.
May 27, 1938
Government Hole, San Bernardino Co., Calif.
38-216 Cornice remains of rock house at Government
Holes in about 1852. Vopan; f22-tok.
38-217 - All the new buildings (except a barn) and
ruins of Government Holes. Is now public
quarters for cattlemen. Vopan; f16-20.
38-218 - Old (and probably original) stockade made
of Juniper trunks and bound with pipe
which is probably more recent. Vopan; f16-20.
38-219 - View looking south showing typical
Great Basin plants: [illegible] + Artemisia
tridentata. One of the typical granitic outcrops
near foreground. Characteristic Juniper-covered
Hillside on left background. Birds characteristic
of foreground: Desert Sparrow, Western Kingbird,
Ark-throated Flycatcher, Western Great-catcher,
Morning Dove, and oddly enough I shot a
Crossbill Thrasher here. Many Cottontails & Jackrabbits.
Vitas & Cnemidophorus also present. Vopan; f16-20.
38-220 View looking North from same place as
# 219 showing close-up of yucca baccata Persica +
Artemisia. Reddish butternut camp in background.
Vopan; f22-tok.