Diary, 1915, of trip to Nevada and Oregon
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Wednesday June 23 Spent most of the day writing reports Storms exceptional warm and dry Saw a muskrat on the Creek and shot at him but not him Thursday June 24. J. Jordan R. rally We left early and down southwest along the Owyhee and up into the hills bordering River from which I could overlook a wide extent of Country. All within sight is Pendleton or Charloin. That passed our recently "Border Cities" lie almost due south. It appears to be about 700 feet high. But I cannot see whether [illegible] Tent it has hunters camp. I will get Bunch to ascertain man about it when he returns as no one here knows about it and it is too far to repay a special trip at. We drive back and had lunch near the crossing "Rome," and then drove south out of the Canyon and continued up the valley of the Jordan. Camping at a ranch 7 miles out from the Owyhees Friday June 25. To Jordan Valley 1942. We left rather late as the morning was rainy and very cold. The road led eastward over the low hills bordering the Jordan rally on the north side. The hills are covered with lava rock which sometimes from the road bed. At noon We passed a bend of the Jordan which lies close to the road as a little beyond joined Cor Creek coming in from the north. The country is all sagebrush and grassland