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Wm B. Richardson
1934
General Account
this evening we set about
20 rat traps and 3 steel traps
about th cabin and barn.
We have hopes of catching wood
rats and skunk.
Favot area - Sierra foothill.
top-ogr - The hills abut
here as Upper Sonoran but
th little valley through which
Canyon G. flows is Lower Sonoran.
Habitation with Charact of th
land - Numrous abrupt hills
which rise from 500-1500 ft.
above the level of th canyon.
The hills are thinly covered
with Blue oak, Wreckeri Oak and
Poison Oak. There are large areas
down of trees which are at
the present time covered with th
dead standing stalks of wild oats.
There are numerous large and
small granite rock out crops.
These rock outcrops predominantly
at the tops of the hills. The
canyon through which th
Canyon G. bro flows is broad
flat of a sandy nature. It
is thinly vegetated with
tolesto Oaks and along th
river are Willow and Fremont
Cottonwoods. Th entire area
here is used for cattle
grazing but th grass