Utah Crossroads Chapter of the
OR/CA Trails Association constructed a great information kiosk
at the spring. Unfortunately, visitors from Nevada may find it
difficult to locate the site. Our hiking team, trekking the Hastings
Cutoff from Donner Spring to Huntington Creek/Smith Creek junction,
found no person who knew about this historic site. Neither public
land employees nor local ranchers knew. Our team searched the
area on foot with packs, depending on the springs for our water
source as the pioneers did. Unknowingly, we came within a mile
of our goal but had to move on west, along the trail to walk the
rest of the HCO. In September I drove to the area and found the
spring on the TL Bar J Ranch. No road signs show the spring's
location.