we drove on the old Beat Road and saw
some 20 Antilope to day shot at some at long
Distance but killed none
~ Monday
21. We drove through the finest pine country
I ever saw in my life we saw 10 Antilope we
camped at Night at Flag Staff springs 16 M[iles]
Altitude 7575
~ Tuesday
22nd We drove 8 Miles to San FranCisco springs
which had been bought fencing Done & House
Built By John W. Young But two Gentiles had
taken possession of the House trying to jump the
place said Dr Vail had sold it to them
there was but one man in the House when we
went there the other had gone for his family we
took the things out of the House & set them
into a waggon & drove them out side of the fence
and took possession of the House 3 Men that
John W Had hired went to work cleared it out
& deposited their freight in it the Altitude of
this place is 8040 feet the place is sheltered on
the East North & west and stands on the
East of the most Beautiful natural Park
or artificial I ever saw in my life it contained
about 4000 acres bordered all around with tall
long Leaf pine in the afternoon Howard Young
we drove on the old Beal Road and saw
some 20 Antilope to day shot at some at long
Distance but killed none
~ Monday
21. we drove through the finest pine country
I Ever saw in my life we saw 10 Antilope we
camped at Night at Flag Staff springs 16 M
Altitude 75 75
~ Tuesday
22d we drove 8 Miles to San Francisco Sprig
which had been bought fencing Done & Hard
Boill By John W. Yog But two Gentiles had
taken possession of the House trying to jump the
place said Dr Vail had sold it to them
there was but one man in the House when we
went there the other had gone for his family we
took the things out of the House & set them
into a waggon & drove them out side of the fence
and took possession of the House 3 Men that
John W Had hired went to work Cleard it out
& deposited their freight in it the Altitude of
this place is 8040 feet the place is sheltered on
the East North & west andSouth on the
East of the most Beautiful natural Parks
or artificial I ever saw in my life it Contained
about 4000 acres bordered all around with tall
long Leaf pine in the afternoonn Howard Young