Letter to Jacob Hamblin, 15 December 1876
St George .
Jacob Hamblin
Dear Brother:
As you pass from this
city to the Colorado south look out as good a track
for a wagon road as you will have time to do without
stopping to go the right or the left. You are to so well ac-
quainted with the country that you can be of some
use to bro. Pierce who is building a ferry boat at the
Colorado for crossing people; and make him acqainted
with the initial points which will be beneficial to him
for locating a wagon road. Then proceed south ^Easterly^ near ^to^ the
west end of the Sanfrancisco mountains to what is called the
Beal road; thence easterly to what is called sunset crossing
on the Little Colorado river. Make minutes as near as your
Judgement will admit, of distances between different points of
water and feed in your travels. Draw a little map from day to
day.
When you return home to Kanab we would like you
to take your stock and such ones of your family and friends
as you would like to have with you and locate, and take
possession of a litte^l^e place called "Surprise Valley," near
