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April 30, 1950
Examined low-beaver James O. Beaver's work near camp. Several 2"-3" diam.
Douglas firs cut down and some bark stripped from each. While standing on bit of "higher ground" in swampy area of pond, substrate gave way & I dropped to my waist, apparently having caved in the top of a house or burrow.
Left park & on 214 via Silverton,
that 211 via Molalla, Colton & Estacada
via 50
then 50 to what was decided must be type locality of B. wrightii: 8.5 miles (by road) E.S.E. of intersection of highways 211 & 50 in Sandy, Clackamas Co., Ore. This is near Baldor Creek at about 1300 ft. on the topsheet.
Highways 211 & 50 intersect at the N. edge of the town of Sandy, about midway between E. & W. limits. If one assumes that Bishop drove from Portland out Highway 50 toward Mount Hood, and that the city limit sign he saw as he approached Sandy from the west was his point of speedometer reading, then this approx. equals his "8.7 miles S.E. Sandy on Mt. Hood Highway". The locality is about 1.3 miles beyond Cherryville, on the S. side (N. slope) of the highway.
The slope is lumbered somewhat, most near the road. The trees are mostly Douglas firs and Hemlocks in the estimated proportion of 3:1. Salal