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*Mrs. Hewett is mother of Wm. Harvey & they have the ranch together [[end page]] [[start page]] May 17 Reached [[underlined]] Carter [[/underlined]] station at 6 oclock in morning & had to wait till 11:30 for the stage to [[underlined]] Ft. Bridger [[/underlined]] [[insertion in red]] Wyo. [[/insertion in red]] Rode about 15 miles across bare sage-brush country to the Ft. & then five miles farther to [[underlined]] Mrs Hewitts Ranch [[/underlined]]* [[underlined]] on Smiths Fork [[/underlined]] The streams are very high & the Uintah Mts. covered to the base with snow. Grass is green & good along its streams. A cold & windy day. Reached the ranch at about 5 P.M. Most of the flowers along the road are new to e. " [[Ditto for: May]] 18 Sunday, a pleasant day, rather cool for keeping still. " [[Ditto for: May]] 19 Got to work early & tramped over a lot of ground but did not accomplish much. Set traps or gophers & mice, shot a Tamias 4vittatus & caught 2 Arvicolas riparius, or like it. & a Spermophilus [[strikethrough]] Townsendi [[/strikethrough]] armatus. Dont find much signs of mammal life. Saw one young Cottontail. Spizella arenacea are common. Fell in the ditch & got wet. The creek is very high & runs in half a dozen channels. Warm & pleasant.
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Think Uintah = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uinta_Mountains -@siobhanleachman