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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.