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The lowest place on the skyline, near the center, is Keg Pass separating the western (left) and eastern (right) arms of Keg Mountain. All photographs furnished by author.
Capt. James H. Simpson of his exploration of a route for the Pony Express in 1858-59, I was intrigued by an account of his finding a spring with the help of a crippled Indian named Quah-not. Having spent several years homesteading with my father in what is called Riverbed, a Bonneville drainage system located in the area of Quah-not's spring, I was curious to see if I could determine the location of this spring. Captain Simpson left Camp Floyd in 1859 and traveled by a northerly route through Lookout Pass, past Fish Springs, south of Callao, and into Nevada on his way to Sacramento. Coming back from California, he explored a more southerly route. After entering what is now the state of Utah, he crossed White Valley and went through Dome Canyon over the House Range just south of Swasey Peak. He noted in his journal that about this time he was having
W H I L E READING THROUGH THE JOURNAL KEPT BY
Dr. Bennion is associate professor of multicultural education at Brigham Young University.
