Huntington Valley
Scenes of life and death would have become familiar sights to emigrants by the time they reached Huntington Creek on HCO. Cow skulls and wild iris existed in proximity near South Fork Twin Creek. This creek flows northwest into Huntington Creek. We followed it hoping it would lead us to Huntington Creek which had veered west into swampland north of Sadler Ranch. Twin Creek also became swamped before the confluence with Huntington, so we waded waist deep to reach our goal. Once we located Huntington Creek, we retreated to dry ground, knowing it and HCO weren't far to the west. Our team proceeded north following the creek as close as we could, left. The west face of the Ruby Mountains is in the background.
Hastings Cutoff
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