Field notes, v492
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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.