========================================================================= | | | _To_ | _Miles._ | _Miles._ | _Description._ | | | ----------------+----------+----------+---------------------------------- Lee’s Ranch | 11 | 11 |Water, grass and wood. Right-hand | | | road to Camp Mojave. Tonto Spring | 9 | 20.60 |Water to right of road ¼ mile | | | distant. Good camping ground. Dickson’s Ranch | 10 | 30.60 |Water, grass and wood. Road good. Ehle’s Ranch | 3 | 34.10 |Water, grass and grain. Road good. | | | Mail station; good stabling. Uncle Rob’s | 5 | 39.79 |Water, grass and grain. Jones’ Camp | 3 | 42.79 |Water, part of year; grass good. | | | Road bad and dangerous. Willow Spring | 4 | 47.71 |Water ¼ mile to left of road; | | | grass good; wood scarce. Soldiers’ Holes | 6 | 53.71 |Water in rainy season. Date Creek | 5 | 60.00 |Road mostly good. ----------------|----------|----------|---------------------------------- By a rough trail from Fort Whipple over Granite Mountains to Ehle’s Ranch (Skull Valley) the distance is estimated at eighteen miles. There is another trail leading over this range entering Skull Valley at its upper end, (Dickson’s Ranch) three and one-half miles from Ehle’s. This trail is three or four miles longer than the other, but is not so rough. In winter the short trail (so-called) is often obstructed by snow. These trails are used by the “Mail Carrier.” Camp Apache to Prescott, A. T.