Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-07-22 | Page 31 | Granger to Rock Springs by Auto

GRANGER TO ROCK SPRINGS BY AUTO ! k 1 - I SALT LAKH TKIbUNK I ki All TO V.AV SERVICE 1 Cornell.-J By W.D.ftiViv'l I 1 w- o . I . 1 NEW L06S OF UHGOIJI WMM READY Pathfinder Secures Road Data for Readers of Tribune Trib-une Auto Section. By W. D, RISHEL. Between Granger and Rock Springs there is not mtich difficulty in following the main traveled road, or the Lincoln highway, as It is known. Green River is the only town the road passes though. " There are but few forks to bother the motorist, yet a log and map of the road make one feel as if they knew where they were at all times. The Tribune-? tudebaker pathfinder, wearing Firestone cord tires and using Vico oils, has just completed logging and mapping this road. Local, as well as , A cross -conn try, tourists will find these logs and maps useful and are advised to clip them from this issue of the paper and save them for future use. Road conditions are good at this time , of the year and splendid time can be I i made. In fact. The Tribune car found ' no difficulty in driving from Salt Lake 1 to Rock Springs, a distance of about 200 J miles, in nine hours' driving time. The J route goes through a sagebrush coun-I coun-I try, with but few ranches. It is a good Nv' place for coyotes and prairie dogs and t now and then a stray antelope can be Meen gazing in wonder a few rods off the main highway. The Ham's Fork, Black's Fork and 1 Green River, all good-sized rivers for the ) r- arid west, are crossed between, these K points. GRANGER TO ROCK SPRINGS. (44.8 Miles.) 1 Lincoln Highway. OO.o GRANGER With water tank at rear go straight east. .2 Cross Ham's Fork river. .6 Keep straight ahead. (Note: Road to right goes to Evans-1 Evans-1 ton.) r i 5.4 "Forks, keep right. 14.1 Cross Black's Fork. Ranch here. Immediately forks, turn rlht. 16.3 BRYAN STATION 2S.8 Forks, turn k'ft. L'Ji.l Butt-end road, turn icfl. "9.2 Cross Green river, follow inn Intra In-tra veled road crossing railroad tracks and at 29.3 GREEN RIVER Holds and ga-rases. ga-rases. Keep straight nhend north, up Brade. :t0. Cross streets, turn rlelii. Follow main-traveled road. -0. 4 Cress bridge. 41.4 Cross railroad. K'.l Cross railroad. Keep straight ahead, and at 44.8 ROCK SPRINGS Hotels and garages. ga-rages. Public library on right. ROCK SPRINGS TO GRANGER. (44.8 Miles.) Lincoln Highway. 00.0 ROCK SPRINGS With public library li-brary on left go straight south, crossing? two railroads at 1.1. 1.4 Forks, keep right. 3.1 Forks, keep right (Note; Koad to left gues to Sweet Water.) 3.7 Cross railroad. 4.4 Cross Bitter creek. 14. s Cross streets Turn lnft. 15. GREEN RIVER Hotels and garages. ga-rages. Keep st might head, crossing railroad tracks, for about one block to butt-end street and turn left. 15.1 Forks, turn right. 15.3 Forks, turn left. 15.6 Cross Green river. 15.7 Forks, turn right. IS. 3 Forks, keep right. 28.5 BRYAN RAILROAD STATION 30.6 Turn left, crossing Black's Fork river, branch here. 44. 2 Crossroads, keep straight ahead. (Note: Kuad to left is direct route to Evanston.it 44.8 GRANGER Hotels and garages. GRANGER TO KEMMERER. (44.5 Miles.) (Note: This road is rough going at its best. There are many side wahM. Ranches and stopping places are few and far between. ) 00.0 GRANGER With water tank on right go straight south. .3 Turn rtpftt and cross railroad. .4 Pass stockyards on right. .9 Forks, keep left. (Note: Fork to right is old road to Green River.) 3.5 Forks three ways. Keep right. 5.7 Forks. Keep right. 6. Top of hill. S.7 Forks. Keep right. 12.7 Forks. Keep right. 15. Forks. Keep right. 2'.2 Forks. Keep right. 24. Ranch half-mile to left. 27.2 OPAL Gas and general stores. With depot on left bear right, passing hotel on your right. 27.3 Forks. Turn left. Note: Road straight ahead goes to Big Piney, YS'yo.) 27.4 Forks. Keep Wt. 27.5 Forks. Keep left. 30. Forks. Turn right. 32.2 Dangerous turn. 3 -.3 Dangerous turn. 33.6 Forks. Keep right. S.S.2 Waterfall station quarter of a mile to left. 40. S Cross railroad. 41. Cross, bridge. Keep straight ahead west to 41.2 OAKLEY Gas and general store. Turn right hero and follow main travel road. 41.9 Korks. Keep right. 43.1 Unit end road, turn right. 43-2 Unit end rmid. turn left. Keep straight ahead on main-street main-street uf I 43.4 Dl AMONDVILLE Keep straight I ahead, with general slure on rlilit. 44.1 ! Fork a. Keep right. 44.3 Korku. K left. 44.4 Cross st recta. Turn rtht, and at 44.5 KEMM ERER Hotels, gflragos and general siorps.