Photographer: Roy D. Tea Copyright: Copyright © Roy D. Tea Date: 1994/08/06 Date Added: 2008/07/15 Location: Utah

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This is the first real good look that the Bidwell party had of the Salt Lake. Bidwell wrote: "Monday, 23. Started, bearing our course west, in order to pass the Salt Lake, passed many salt plains and springs in the forenoon. The day was hot. The hills and land bordering on the plains were covered with wild sage. In passing the declivity of a hill, we observed this sage had been plucked up and arranged in long winrows, extending near a mile in length. It had been done by the Indians, but for what purpose we could not imagine, unless it was to decoy game. At evening, we arrived in full view of the Salt Lake. Water was very scarce. Cedar grows here, both on the hills and in the valleys. Distance, twenty miles."