Ruby Valley
James Reed, of the sign quote, above, was a principal member of the Donner-Reed emigrant group. Cave Creek shoots out of a hillside, top right,a few miles south of the Bressman Cabin site. It's on the west side of Ruby Valley Road (HCO). Like countless other streams, along the east side of the Ruby Mountains, it surges east from its source, above. It passes under the road (over the trail in the 1800's) and seeks a lower elevation, right. In this case it's termination is Ruby Lake. Today, May 19, 2006, our team's 14th day, would find us at a formal National Forest Service campground.
Hastings Cutoff
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