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San Rafael Oct. 29, 1933
range & has been since first settled.
Swasey left about 600 wild horses
here about 15 yrs. ago when the
business became unprofitable.
They have since multiplied although
no one knows how much. Sheep
herders are reported to kill them.
The land is Public Domain
and everyone uses it.
Four years ago Swasey saw a
mountain sheep about 5 miles
northeast of the head of Sinbad.
This is the only definite highhorn
record of which I know.
No deer nor tracks were seen
today.
So far the area is becoming
wildly picturesque but hardly
seems of national monument
caliber unless we see more
spectacular country down along
the San Rafael river.
Swasey reports that antelope
horns were once found in the
region. Certainly the range
covered today was suitable
antelope range, & there is
hundreds of square miles of
it.