Diary, 1910, of trip with George and Samuel Mixter to Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Montana, North Dakota and Washington
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Wednesday June 12. To east of Wood Mt. the Capt. Darenports rancherly and took the road northward toward Wood Mt. about seven miles from the ranch. We passed a point where we saw some Arches and a furnather's cotter Brick. At this point we crossed the Canadian line Northward We crossed successively around 1 and 5 and 20 Mani Poplar Rivers, and crossed pinne highs almost level plateaus. well grazed and with roses, Potentilla fruticosa symphonicarpo. Meridies serulata. finally we began to find the ranches with some hazelbush cherries etc. going in them and descending we found a pine grove of fair sized aspens with a few ash We descended to the ranch of Mr. Knoll situated on the border of a broad groovy valley through which a branch of the poplar, coming from the west, flows. Here we found out that we were about 20 miles, East of Wood Mountain, having moved the fork of the road which led off many trails took. We had dinner here and then went northward toward Wood Mt. East. about 7 miles west we passed the ranch Charles Frank, and as it was nearly 6 o'clock we concluded to stop for the night. Near a big spring came sit on the hillside, about it on a steech northern slope grows a thicket Prunus, Symphonicarpo, Crataegus, Juniperus sabina, Elaeagnus argentia. Potentilla, with a thick undergrowth of herbaceous plants and ferns, which were collected. On the hills grow the usual plants. Amelanchier, Ribes, Rubus strigosus and the Iris segis are not uncommon. Meridies serulata was a flower Potentilla is abundant one. The High Plains everywhere.