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[[underlined]] April 8 [[/underlined]] - Woke up late Sunday morning ^ [at Pinedale] & had breakfast at 8, after refusing a cordial invitation to go over to the saloon & take a drink with the proprietor, Mr. Rede, and chief ranger Gro. Glover.  Took a walk the whole length of Main St. instead and sized up the town.  On one side of the street a log residence, the hotel (part boards), the printing office, Woodmans Hall (both log) and school house.

On the other side of the street a saloon, a residence & the store.  But the log houses are well built, & the town has a beautiful location at the edge of broad valley close to Pine Creek and at edge of a long strip of murry pine that follows down the creek bottoms from the Mts.

The creek is a beautiful stream, drawing Fremont lake with unlimited supply of water and power.  It has approximately more than 100 feet fall in the 3 miles from the lake to town.  Large [[ditches?]] have been taken out & carried over beautiful sage brush mesas of good soil.  Good grass &