Show A A rl pleasing easing r scene near hear beautiful puffer lake T 41 C OKA r W ri x tv 0 pa 40 vill A 4 I 1 ja t 4 4 4 s AA s ft r this is a picture taken as one approaches big flat above auf ier fer lake in the tushar range beaver county utah the ex puffer lake is very justly famed for its onal facilities boat ing fishing and in the fall good deer hunting note the staggered pole fence in the right foreground of the old fashioned kind called a bull fence nails and wire were at that time much more expensive in that area than poles handily growing nearby on a trip there one even ing the writer saw a small group of does leisurely walking toward this fence the car was stopped and we watched the does slowly walked forward until aeeti meeting ng the fence when a hidden spring was let loose and over they went one by one with no apparent effort at all the fence was more than six feet high one small fawn was in the rear following along it walked up to the fence gave it one glance slightly lowered its body to get full muscle play and as gracefully as a swallow skimmed over it it was just as simple as that the two peaks on this mountain are called mt belnap and mt bal dy the whole range is called the tushar range tushar in means white why do the indians indian s call this mountain by that name the answer is easy the tribe of I 1 ve north of this mountain at the kanosh indian reservation great snow drifts pile up on the steep slopes as the wind drives snow sleet and ice up the southern slope only to deposit its burden when the crest is surmounted when the writer first came to M hard ilard coun ty that mountain was pointed out to him as having perpetual snow that is the snow drifts were so deep and packed that in normal summers they could not be melted and snow remained at all times of the year hence to the indians the mountain always wore a white cap it was always white through out the entire year therefore what more fitting than that they should give it the name of tushar white mountain 7 the writer is gray haired toots is the word for hair hence he is tushar toots white head cd ed when spoken about by the in deans toker is black hence the town at the black lava flow near zion national park is called tok erville toker black from the black lava near beautiful granite Is got from the heights of the tushar range it is gray liberally sprinkled with b black particles also some of the best dendrite forms are occasionally found there A dendrite is popularly called fern though it was never a growth the top of mt belnap is about 12 feet high standing in the plaza in delta one may see scipio peak feet high mt belnap feet high and notch peak feet high by merely turning slightly even at the excessive height height no I 1 parise of light gray is not water but the area called and ampro pria pnat ely tely the big flat it lies nearly at the top of the timber doubt a great overlay of less re distant material has been eroded away leaving the plutonic granite exposed or as tombstone makers say As enduring as granite other beautiful beamut ful spots may be found near puffer lake examples of which will appear later in these columns line as pines may be seen but shortly above this on the main mountains the timber ceases its elevation is about feet |