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[[underlined]] To Nutrioso Arizona

Sept. 8 [[/underlined]]. Broke camp and came back into Bush Valley, and went thro Alpine and over the pass to Nutrioso ^ [[insertion]] town [[/insertion]] & about 3 miles west and camped on mesa Aneroid at morning camp 9000, at Alpine 8600, at Summit 9100, at Nutrioso 8400, at camp on mesa 8500.
The wes[[overwritten]] nor [[/overwritten]]thern part of Bush Valley is largely settled & cultivated in a careless way, in such crops as marsh hay, oats, wheat, potatoes & vegetables. Some of the fields are irrigated & others not. Many old fields are abandoned & the fences torn down. The houses & people seem poor and slovenly. Stock raising is the principal industry & grass is plentiful & good. There is lots of water and the valley soil is rich and heavy, but the climate is too cold for successful farming. The valley is all Transition zone and the west end close to the edge of Canadian. Heavy yellow pine timber surrounds the valley and makes beautiful open forests. Much has been cut for log fences & for building but more remains.