Show AUTO ROUTES FROM VERNAL TO DENVER logs made by Elip hart clims slims steamboat wy way ph mu v allies shorter than Al meeker leeker T J ehrhart state highway commissioner for colorado in a letter to the editor of the vernal express made this statement with reference to tile the proposed automobile highway i way from vernal to meeker with an expenditure of a few thousand dollars the road between vernal and meeker could be put in good shape for travel my speedometer showed a distance of 1162 miles the highway commissioner made two logs IO R from denver to vernal one over berthoud pass and through steamboat and craig and the other through rifle and meeker lie he recorded every bad place the will be of great benefit to motorists the distance from denver to craig according to the speedometer of Ehr harts machine la Is miles and the distance d stance from craig to vernal Is ia 6 miles making a total of from deriver denver to vernal the log from craig Is i as follows craig to quaker ford bridge 28 4 craig to maybell may bell 32 thomb bing bridge on the I 1 light ight 40 bear river canon on the right 48 twelve mile cpr angs 56 6 twelve mile mesa 67 ruffalo buffalo springs springe to the right high centers 68 58 7 continued on page 3 auto routes from vernal to 0 denver e aver continued bioni page 1 bad sands bands at elk springs 61 road forks at left to meeker damn lf 11 I 1 krow know cheek 66 grade steep 70 wolf creek ranch 70 7 road hond forks to light leads to three miles north 71 road forks to left leads to angora and meeker flox elder 76 7 5 1 skull creek ranch 79 lied wash willow creek 91 9 rangely langely road to left ag 6 road forks to left to jensen right to K ranch K ranch 1018 state line forks left new road to jensen jenann 1112 green river bridge 1192 jen son bon keep west 1194 ashley creek 5 cross roads turn to right 1282 cross crons roads turn to left 7 cross roads turn to right 1332 2 vernal 1346 according to the roost most authentic measurements there Is IB not to exceed five miles allea dlf dif arence in the distance from denver to vernal by way of pecker and by way of steamboat the latter way being the shorter from vernal to denvor denver by way of meeker the log IN 1 as follows go south at 16 miles to light 3 turn to left 65 ashley creek jensen and flicek elvei bridge state stale line hue 32 6 k 1 ranch road forks to left road to craig bad hill for halt liala mile bad rock hill oil basin 40 49 whito river valley white river bridge 56 66 5 turn to left school house on corner rangely langely mile of bad hill 65 6 angora road forks to left to box elder left road to box elder yellow creek 83 Pice ance cheek wilson ranch wilson bridge over white river dry plesance ance bridge to light 1054 red school to left 8 strawberry creek powell park school 1111 turn to let left t right hand load to rifle meeker 1162 rifle 1582 2 denver |