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Journal of Western Travel
by John McTurk Gibson
edited by Weldon Hoppe
September 4th, 1859 -- Last night we had to leave the main road about two miles and got very good feed by letting the cattle see a very low fence, by some measure or other they got over and after that we couldn't keep them out. In the morning we came back to the road and commenced scaling a steep grade 2 feet to the rod. This lasted for 3 miles. I am told there are 25 miles of graded road between this and Placerville, constructed at a cost of $75,000. The road was pretty rough consequently we didn't make more than ten miles or so in all.Powell
We travelled 8 miles. We crossed another summit. The road was better than the other. We have been travelling through heavy timber all day. We are camped on the South Fork of the American River.