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• Settlement of the small side canyons came somewhat later <br />than in the main Colorado (Grand) River valley, probably partly <br />because of the greater difficulty in building and maintaining <br />adequate water control systems. One of the side-canyon spots <br />chosen for early homesteading was at the mouth of Munger Creek, <br />within the East Salt Creek drainage. Recorded as historic site <br />SGF743 during the present survey, this site was homesteaded in <br />1915 by Hyrum Standifird under Patent No. 709812. A search of <br />the Garfield County Clerk's records revealed that Standifird <br />sold this property to Charles E. Young and Dale Mitchell who, <br />their cattle operation going broke, subsequently sold out to <br />William Jay Nearing. Eventually, Charles Young was able to re- <br />purchase the property from Nearing and it remained in the Young <br />family until recently when it was obtained by Sheridan Enter- <br />prises. <br />Mrs. Gladys Hitchborn, the daughter of Charles E. Young, <br />was helpful in piecing together the early history of the East <br />Salt Creek area. She recalls no trappers or exploration parties <br />in`the early years, but she does remember seeing the Utes from <br />the nearby reservation in Utah riding their "beautifully marked" <br />ponies "up the mountain" to collect raspberries and elderberries. <br />She also recalls the annual spring cattle roundups and the run <br />of the chuckwagon from Debeque to the Utah line; she watched the <br />last longhorn drive through the area ca. 1919. <br />• Irrigation projects were undertaken in East Salt Creek soon <br />after the canyon was settled, providing water for stock and for <br />the growing of peaches and apples and various grains. Mrs. <br />Hitchborn recalls that most of the canyon's settlers mined their <br />own coal from deposits in Munger Canyon and elsewhere. Appar- <br />ently, then, the historical land use of the study area was simi- <br />lar to that of today, although the emphasis has shifted somewhat <br />from ranching and farming to mining and grazing. <br />On page 20, paragraph 1 should read: <br />After conducting a files search and a prefield check-in <br />with the Bureau of Land Management, Grand River Institute per- <br />formed a sampling (Class II) cultural resources survey of the <br />lands described on pa a 3. Of the 6100 acres within the pro- <br />ject area, 875 acres Qor approximately 14 percent) were subjected <br />to a 100 percent pedestrian survey. Included were all areas of <br />potential surface disturbance as delineated on a map from Sheri- <br />dan Enterprises. Additional .areas were chosen for inspection on <br />the basis of slope: the local topography being generally charac- <br />terized by narrow ridges and numerous steep-walled intermittent <br />drainages, those sporadic areas of lesser slope (0-10 ) and having <br />• <br />