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[[underlined]]To John Day R.[[/underlined]]

[[underlined]]June 18[[/underlined]]  From camp we followed up the creek a mile or two & then turned west and climbed the ridge - and struck down onto Pine Creek & followed it to John Day River and down the river a mile to the ferry & camped.

Aneroid at camp read 2950, on ridge 3750, at John Day R. 1500.

Followed a crooked, rough gulch with many high cliffs and side canyons down Pine Creek. [[strikethrough]]Fossil[[/strikethrough]] Bids of yellow clay & gumbo & gypsum and stratified rock appear in many places look like good ground for fossils.

Struck Sonoran Zone at about 3000 feet (aneroid reading) in the gulch & pure Sonoran in river valley.

High country all rocky & rough, good grass but no farms. Small ranches along Pine Creek and big hay ranches along river valley. Rye is raised for hay & is the main crop. Good orchards of apple, cherry & peach trees were seen along lower part of Pine Creek.

Passed the Post office of [[underline]]Francisville[[/underline]] & Clarne. Crown Rock P.O. used to be at the ferry but it was abandoned & the P.O. of Clarne established near the mouth of Pine Creek and named for old man Clarne at the ferry.

This old fellow is a character. Settled here in 64 & fit injuns & raised cattle & horses & several boys. Is very ignorant & still knows much that would be of value to others. Has a collection of "coorosities", indian

Transcription Notes:
Aneroid is a type of barometer. Gumbo is a sticky clay soil. Clarne: must be the town of Clarno on John Day River, named after an early settler whose son ran a ferry. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarno,_Oregon.