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25_32 Barstow 2100 ft [June 4, 1912] Away westerly, towering on the distant horizon, are the San Bernardinos their tops (Grayback at one end and San Bernardino at the other) shining with snow. Running westerly one sees the thin green line of the Mojave River, its course marked by the cool green of the Mesquite trees in its bottom; then its course turning southwesterly to Cajon Pass (at the western end of the San Bernardinos), faintly seen from here. Away to the earth, almost south, is a high snowy range I don_t yet place. And southeasterly is a high |
25_33 [Barstow 2100 ft] June 4, 1912 mountain mass, rather sharply defined, the only at all high mass near here. In this Mohave bed here, the mesquite grows dense and of even height. At a little distance the Mohave bed looks wonderfully like a lovely green meadow-in happy contrast to the glaring burning colored mesas and hills all around. Off to the south-east or a little west of S.E. beyond the nearer range we can see a bald lofty mountain. It looks high enough to have timber but hasn_t. This summit tells the position of the Ord Mts. |
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