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W.R. Davis
1935.
2 mi. E Hagerman, Gooding Co., Idaho,
May 17,
north side of Snake River, just a
short distance east of the highway
bridge and about three miles west
of Thousand Springs - at least
the main part of them. The river
here is about 400 yards wide
and of moderate depth. The canyon
walls are removed some distance
from the river and all of the
available bottom land is taken
over by agriculture, some hay is
raised, but stock raising seems to be
the main occupation. Numerous
large streams arise from the
ciffs on the north side of the
river, one of which flows a short
distance from our camp and
forms a marsh of some extent
where it meanders through the
fairly level bottom land. In this
marsh are numerous birds, ducks
included and muskrats. I found
numerous places this evening where
muskrats had been active but set
no traps; will do so tomorrow.
We set out no traps last night
as we got into camp too late. Today
was spent mostly in putting up