| Places. | Inter- mediate Dis- tances. Miles. | From Camp to Camp. Miles. | Total from Camp Floyd. Miles. | No. of Camp. | Wood. | Water. | Grass. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Floyd, wood and grass in vicinity. | W | ||||||
| Meadow Creek. | 18·2 | 18·2 | 18·2 | 1 | |||
| Cross Meadow Creek (Rush Valley), mail station 1⁄4 mile. | 1 | ||||||
| Spring 1⁄4 mile to the right of General Johnston’s Pass, just after passing the summit. This spring furnishes but little water, even in the spring, and in the summer would be most probably dry. | 8·9 | 9·9 | 28·1 | 2 | W | W | G |
| Simpson’s Springs, mail station. | 16·2 | 16·2 | 44·3 | 3 | W | W | G |
| Summit, Short-cut Pass. | 21·6 | Willow | |||||
| 1·6 miles below summit. | 1·6 | 23·2 | 67·5 | 4 | Sage | very little grass | |
| Tolerable grass skirting a low range of rocks on the right of the road. | 7·8 | G | |||||
| A little grass; sage in valley. | 4·8 | S | G | ||||
| Devil’s Hole; water slightly brackish. | 6·7 | W | |||||
| Fish Springs, mail station. | 5·4 | 24·7 | 92·2 | 5 | Ctw | W | G |
| Warm Springs. | 3·4 | GW | W | G | |||
| Grass in considerable quantity of good character. | 26·4 | 29·7 | 121·9 | 6 | G | ||
| Alkaline spring to the right of the road; water not drinkable. | 1· | ||||||
| Sulphur springs; water abundant and palatable. | 1·5 | 2·5 | 125· | 7 | W,S | W | G |
| Spring, Pleasant Valley, mail station. | 13·4 | 13·4 | 138·4 | 8 | W | W | G |
| East side of Antelope Valley. | 12·5 | 150·9 | 9 | W | W | G | |
| Spring Valley; good grass on the west bench and slopes. | 19· | 169·9 | 10 | GW | W | G | |
| Cross a marsh; road takes up a fine stream; grass all along. | 3·5 | ||||||
| Leave Creek. | 3·5 | W | W | G | |||
| Spring, copious; grass fine. | 2·8 | W | W | G | |||
| East side of Steptoe Valley, mail station. | 1·3 | 11·1 | 181·0 | 11 | W | W | G |
| Steptoe Creek; dry in summer. | 6·5 | ||||||
| Mouth of Egan Kanyon. | 6·8 | 13·3 | 194·3 | 12 | W | W | G |
| Spring; source of Egan Creek. | 1·8 | W | W | G | |||
| West side of Butte Valley. Mail station; a very small spring, barely sufficient for cooking purposes, near the top of the hill; grass on the N. side of same hill. | 16·2 | 18·1 | 212·4 | 13 | W | W | G |
| Spring 1 mile west side of summit of range. | 12· | 12· | 224·4 | 14 | W | W | G |
| Ruby Valley, mail station. | 9·2 | 9·2 | 233·6 | 15 | GW | W | G |
| Smith’s Fork, Humboldt River, Huntingdon’s Creek. | 14·4 | ||||||
| Small mountain stream. | 3·3 | 17·6 | 251·2 | 16 | GW | W | G |
| Spring left of the road. | 1·2 | GW | W | G | |||
| Near west foot of Cho-kupe Pass. | 5·8 | 7·1 | 258·3 | 17 | GW | W | G |
| Spring in Pah-hun-nupe Valley. | 7·8 | ||||||
| Do. west side of Pah-hun-nupe Valley. | 5·6 | 13·3 | 271·6 | 18 | S,W GW | W | G |
| She-a-wi-te (Willow) Creek. | 14·9 | 14·9 | 286·5 | 19 | S,W | W | G |
| Bed of Nash River; water in pools, probably not constant. | 11·6 | ||||||
| Small spring; grass on mountain side, 2 miles off. | 5·9 | 17·5 | 304· | 20 | S,W | W | G |
| Wons-in-dam-me, or Antelope Creek. | 7· | 7· | 311· | 21 | W | W | G |
| Creek. | 4·3 | S,W | W | G | |||
| Creek west side of valley. | 9·5 | 13·7 | 324·7 | 22 | S,W | W | G |
| Wan-a-ho-no-pe (Netwood trap) Creek. | 13·6 | ||||||
| Wan-a-ho-no-pe (Netwood trap) Creek. | 4·6 | 18·2 | 342·9 | 23 | S,W | W | G |
| Simpson’s Park, according to topographer, Lieutenant Putnam, and guide, Colonel Reese. | 4·9 | 4·9 | 347·8 | 24 | S,W | W | G |
| Small spring in Simpson’s Pass (same authority). | 3· | ||||||
| Ford of Reese’s River. | 8·2 | W | G | ||||
| Reese’s River. | 2·6 | 13·8 | 361·6 | 25 | W | G | |
| Leave Reese’s River. | 3·4 | W | G | ||||
| Small spring to the left of the road, just before reaching the summit of the Pass. | 10· | ||||||
| Lieutenant J. L. Kirby Smith’s Creek. | 7·8 | 21·2 | 382·8 | 26 | GW | W | G |
| Engleman’s Creek. | 1·6 | W | |||||
| Lieutenant Putnam’s Creek. | 8·6 | 10·2 | 393· | 27 | S,W | W | G |
| Lieutenant Putnam’s South Fork. | 2·7 | W | W | G | |||
| Rock Creek. | 3· | W | W | G | |||
| Rock Creek. | 3·1 | 8·7 | 401·7 | 28 | W | W | G |
| Rock Creek Sinks. | 1·7 | ||||||
| Spring-water kegs should be filled for 2 days. Camp from this in alkaline flat. | 5·4 | W | |||||
| Gibraltar Gate. | 0·6 | W | |||||
| Creek joins Gibraltar Creek. | 4·2 | ||||||
| Middle-Gate Spring. | 3·2 | 14·7 | 416·4 | 29 | S,W | W | G |
| West Gate. | 3·5 | ||||||
| Dry wells; alkaline valley; very poor camp; water and grass alkaline, and little of either. Rabbit-bush fuel. | 21·0 | 24·5 | 440·9 | 30 | Rab. bush | W | G |
| Creek connecting the two lakes of Carson. Road can be shortened some eight or ten miles by striking across the head of Alkaline Valley after getting about nine miles from Camp 30, and then proceeding directly to the shore of Carson Lake. It is not necessary to go so far north as the connecting creek referred to. | 16·6 | 457·5 | 31 | Dry rush | W | R,G | |
| Leave Carson Lake. | 9·7 | W | R,G | ||||
| Walker’s River. | 21·5 | 31·2 | 488·7 | 32 | W | W | G |
| Walker’s River. | 10· | 498·7 | 33 | W | W | G | |
| Walker’s North Bend. | 6·3 | 505· | 34 | W | W | G | |
| Small spring, not sufficient for a large command; grass 1⁄2 mile south. | 14·1 | S,W | W | G | |||
| Carson River. | 1·9 | ||||||
| Carson River. | 3·0 | 19·0 | 524· | 35 | W | W | G |
| Pleasant Grove; cross Carson River and get into Old Emigrant Road. Mail station. | 9·0 | 9·0 | 533· | 36 | W | W | G |
| China Town. Gold diggings. | 7·4 | W | |||||
| Carson City. East foot of Sierra Nevada. | 11·6 | 19·0 | 552· | 37 | W | G | |
| Genoa. East foot of Sierra Nevada. | 12·9 | 12·9 | 564·9 | 38 | W | W | G |
(Signed), J. H. Simpson, Capt. Top. Engineers.
To Brevet Major F. J. Porter, Assist. Adj. Gen., Dept. Utah, Camp Floyd.
II. DESCRIPTION OF THE MORMON TEMPLE.
[Extracted from the Deserét News.]
The following is a brief detail of the temple, taken from drawings in my office in Great Salt Lake City.
The Temple Block is 40 rods square, the lines running north and south, east and west, and contains 10 acres. The centre of the temple is 156 feet 6 inches due west from the centre of the east line of the block. The length of said house east and west is 1861⁄2 feet, including towers, and the width 99 feet. On the east end there are three towers, as also on the west. Draw a line north and south 1181⁄2 feet through the centre of the tower, and you have the north and south extent of ground-plan, including pedestal.
We depress into the earth at the east end to the depth of 16 feet, and enlarge all around beyond the lines of wall 3 feet for a footing. The north and south walls are 8 feet thick clear of pedestal; they stand upon a footing of 16 feet wall on its bearing, which slopes 3 feet on each side to the height of 71⁄2 feet. The footing of the towers rise to the same height as the side, and is one solid piece of masonry of rough ashlars, laid in good lime mortar.
The basement of the main building is divided into many rooms by walls, all having footings. The line of the basement floor is 6 inches above the top of the footing. From the towers on the east to the towers on the west, the face of the earth slopes 6 feet; 4 inches above the earth on the east line begins a promenade walk from 11 to 22 feet wide around the entire building, and approached by stone steps as the earth slopes and requires them. There are four towers on the four corners of the building, each starting from their footing of 26 feet square; these continue 161⁄2 feet high, and come to the line of the base string course, which is 8 feet above the promenade walk. At this point the towers are reduced to 25 feet square; they then continue to the height of 38 feet, or the height of the second string course. At this point they are reduced to 23 feet square; they then continue 38 feet high to the third string course. The string courses continue all around the building, except when separated by buttresses. These string courses are massive mouldings from solid blocks of stone.
The two east towers then rise 25 feet to a string course or cornice. The two west towers rise 19 feet, and come to their string course or cornice. The four towers then rise 9 feet to the top of battlements. These towers are cylindrical, having 17 feet diameter inside, within which stairs ascend around a solid column 4 feet in diameter, allowing landings at the various sections of the building. These towers have each five ornamental windows on two sides above the basement. The two centre towers occupy the centre of the east and west ends of the building, starting from their footings 31 feet square, and break off in sections in line with corner towers, to the height of the third string course. The east centre tower then rises 40 feet to the top of battlements; the west centre tower rises 34 feet to the top of battlements. All these towers have spires; the east centre tower rises 200 feet, while the west centre tower rises 190 feet. All these towers at their corners have octagon turrets, terminated by octagon pinnacles 5 feet diameter at base, 4 feet at first story, and three feet from there up. There are also on each side of these towers two buttresses, except where they come in contact with the body of the main building. The top of these buttresses show forty-eight in number, and stand upon pedestals. The space between the buttresses and turrets is 2 feet at the first story. On the front of the two centre towers are two large windows, each 32 feet high, one above the other, neatly prepared for that place.