Show 267 of lake depths Buffalo had crossed it freely before 1841 Fremont crossed in several inches of water during the summer of 1845 By 1847 the bar had again become dry during the summer and remained so until 1850 Stansbury drove his cattle over it that the water began to rise and by 1855 the bar could not be crossed on horseback except during the very lowest season Boats had to be used to reach the island during the summer months a ferry being insummer Then stalled for the purpose of shipping cattle By 1860 the bar was again dry in winter However the following year saw heavy spring rains and the lake begem a cycle of rise which was to take it to its highest recorded level From 1868 for a period of ten years the lake was consistently the highest it has been in historical times Jacob Miller and G Karl Gilbert visited Antelope bar October 19 1877 and made careful soundings They found nine feet of water on the bar that had been high and dry on various occasions and this was during the dry season So says Gilbert Mthe Antelope bar thus affords a tolerably complete record from 1845 to 1865 In 1866 water first covered Stansbury bar which had aflat sandy plain covered with sagebrush when Stansbury made his survey in 1850 Stansbury Island was now an been in fact 10 However except during the flood season of 1872 Gilbert Lake Bonneville 241 |