Show ROUTE BRUTE TO THE SAN JUAN COUNTRY COUNTR r i 19 1 9 utah 1 march 1881 1881 eider elder erastus snow dear brother knowing that you are interested in getting a direct road through to san I 1 juan 1 I 1 thought I 1 would drop you a iv few lines and let you know 0 our oun ur su success this winter bishop of Esi esl escalante calante and myself have thoroughly explored the country froni from our last winter crossing to the henry mountains we have foun I 1 a good place for crossing where teams can take a reasonable load into the river and out on the other side with but little work the banks being low on both sides the road will be in a direct line from escalante to the river or nearly so and but little sand and cuts off 35 miles and all the worst road it will now be 60 miles toi to the river 15 or 20 milea south of the henry mountains then from there to bluff city will be about 85 or 90 miles which will make it about miles from escalante ta bluff city or from plenty of fe edwood and water on the hoadan d that good water and find but little litte s sand band nd for a dixie country the people at Fien escalanti fieg Es alanta calanta under the direction of bishop with myself and others other have bave got the road completed halfway to the river and expect to have it complete I 1 to connect with the other road five miles on du the south side of the river rivert by the of april brother hall has got his ferryboat moved up to the new crossing so that travelers through to san ban juan from this thia re region lob lon iob will go the new road there is also necessity necess cess ty for a cut off on the other end of the road near san juan joan it can be shortened 15 miles and a great deal better road after crossing the colorado and traveling raveling abou about 28 miles a little south and east we came near the san juan river biver where there is a nice little valley of about or acres of land that can easily be brought into cultivation and a good crossing on the river and it if looks favorable for a road from there to snowflake snow flake which lies about south from there it would be about 12 miles west of the Ch inalee wash where that valley is and the country looking favorably to the south for a road I 1 yours vours truly GEO gleo W sevey BEVEY |