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[[underlined]] Stone wall [[/underlined]]

Near where we struck Canyon Creek An old stone wall crosses the valley and follows the eastern river a mile or two where we could see it, but we did not see the other two sides of an inclosure. It is in a rectangle crossing the valley east & west & following the side North & south in straight lines. It has been a good sized wall, 5 or 6 feet high & wide, but seems to have been in ruins for 100 years or just as well a 1000. No one knows its origin or history Hotchkiss says & he thinks it extends for many miles.
It could have been used as an antelope or elk enclosure or pasture but seems unnecessary and would not serve as a trap or pound. More likely it was a sheep pasture built by some of the early settlers. It is on malpais where broken lava covers the ground & the stones used are such as cover the country.