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Grand Canyon
South Canyon to Kane.
Nov 14, 1930
like excellent antelope range;
in fact, more so than for
cattle. The grass is quite sparse
over much of the valley.
Mr. Heatherell, at Royenta,
an old timer in the region &
the discoverer of Mesa Verde
said that this whole northern
range used to be covered with
good grass. He supposes then,
that it must have been so
here too. The Grand Canyon
Stock Co. still holds the water
rights to most of HouseRock
Valley. Consequently, the buffalo
are grazed off goat lands.
An old timer at South Canyon
sums lions occasionally. He
says they are few now. But
that they come back, if pro-
tected for 3 or 4 years. Well think
that deer & cattle could both
be kept on the Trailah, if they
were both in moderate numbers.
As we came from Mesa
Verde, we stopped at Royenta.
Heatherell told me that all the