September 15, 1841

This aerial view is of Big Springs now called the O BAR CATTLE COMPANY. Some where near here the Bidwell Party abandoned their last 7 wagons which were subsequently burned by later emigrants. On the page where Bidwell describes the abandonment of the wagons, McKinstry scrawled a marginal note, unfortunately not dated: "We cooked our supper & breakfast with fires made from the remains of three wagons - McKinstry, jr.

Four miles west from the 14 September campsite is a small spring in Silver Zone Pass, and about fifteen miles further west is Big Springs, the 15 SEPTEMBER CAMPSITE, at the foot of the Pequop Range. This is where the Bidwell-Bartleson party abandoned the rest of their wagons before continuing on to California.

Continue south over Leppy Pass, down the other side of the mountain to the salt flats, to the JUNCTION (12.0 miles) with a curved paved road. The paved road heading east goes 3.0 miles to the Bonneville Salt Flats. The paved road heading south goes to the JUNCTION (1.4 miles) with I-80. At this point you are 117 miles west of Salt Lake City and 3 miles east of the Utah-Nevada border.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

September 14, 1841