- 1. and 2. September 20, 1860: 10:30 (am ?) to 9:30 (pm ?): 44 miles: Road through the south of the city, due south along the right bank of the Jordan . Cross many creeks, viz., Kanyon Creek , 41 miles ; Mill Creek , 2 1/2; First or Great Cottonwood Creek , 2 ; Second ditto, 4 ; Fork of road , 1 1/4; Dry Creek , 3 1/2; Willow Creek , 2 3/4. After 22 - 23 miles, hot and cold springs, and half-way house, the brewery under the point of the mountain . Road across Ash -Hollow or Jordan Kanyon , 2 miles. Fords river, knee deep ; ascends a rough divide between Utah Valley and Cedar Valley, 10 miles from camp, and finally reaches Cedar Creek and Camp Floyd
- 3. September 27, 1860: 10:30 (am?) to 9:30 (pm?): 20 miles: Leaves Camp Floyd ; 7 miles to the divide of Cedar Valley. Crosses the divide into Rush Valley ;l after a totalof 18.2 miles reaches Meadow Creek ; good grass and water. Rush Valley mail station I mile beyond ; food and accommodation
- 4 . September 28, 1860: 9:30 am to 4:30 (pm?): 27 miles: Crosses remains of Rush Valley 7 miles. Up a rough divide called General Johnston's Pass. Spring, often dry, 200 yards on the right of the road . At Point Lookout leaves Simpson 's Road , which runs south. Cross Skull Valley ; bad road. To the bench on the eastern flank of the desert. Station called Egan 's Springs, Simpson 's Springs, or Lost Springs , grass plentiful, water good..
- 5. September 29, 1860: 12:00 (noon?) to 5:30 pm: 20 miles: New station ; road forks to S. E., and leads, after 5 miles, to grass and water. After 8 miles, river bottom , 1 mile broad. Long line over desert to express station, called Dugway ; no grassand no water .
- 6 . September 29, 1860: 6:30 pm to 3:30 am: 28 miles: Steep road 2 ½ miles to the summit of Dugway Pass. Descend by a rough incline ; 8 miles beyond the road forks to Devil's Hole, 90 miles from Camp Floyd on Simpson 's route, and 6 miles S . of Fish Springs. Eight miles beyond the fork is Mountain Point ; road winds S. and W ., and then N . to avoid swamp, and crosses 3 sloughs. Beyond the last is Fish Spring Station, on the bench - a poor place ; water plentiful, butb ad . Cattle here drink for the first time after Lost Springs, distant 48 miles
- 7. September 30, 1860: 10:00 am to 3:30 (pm?): 22 miles: Road passes many pools. Halfway forks S .to Pleasant Valley (Simpson 's line). Road again rounds the swamp, crossing S. end of Salt Plain. After 21 miles, “Willow Creek," water rather brackish . Station “ Willow Springs" on the bench below the hills,at W . end of desert; grass and hay plentiful
- 8. October 1, 1860: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm: 28 miles: Road ascending the bench ,turns N . to find the pass. | After 6 miles, Mountain Springs; good water, grass, and fuel. Six miles beyond is Deep -Creek Kanyon, a dangerous ravine 9 miles long. Then descends into a fertile and well-watered valley, and after 7 miles enters Deep Creek mail station . Indian farm.
- 9. October 3 – 4: 8:am to 4:00 pm: 30 miles: Along Willow Creek . After 8 miles, “ Eight-Miles Springs ;" water, grass, and sage fuel. Kanyon after 24 miles, 500 yards long and easy. Then 19 miles through Antelope Valley to the station of the same name, burnt in June, 1860, by Indians. Simpson's route from Pleasant Valley, distant 12.5 miles, falls into the E . end of Antelope Valley , from Camp Floyd 151 miles
- 10. October 5, 1860: 6:00 am to 11:00 pm: 18 miles: Road over the valley for 2 miles to the mouth of Shell-Creek Kanyon, 6 miles long. Rough road ; fuel plentiful. Descends into Spring Valley, and then passes over other divides into Shell Creek, where there is a mail station ; water, grass, and fuel abundant.
- 11. October 5, 1860: 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm: 18 miles: Descends a rough road . Crosses Steptoe Valley and bridged creek . Road heavy, sand or mud. After 16 miles, Egan 's Kanyon, dangerous for Indians. Station at the W . mouth burned by Indians in October, 1860
- 12. October 6, 1860: 8:00 pm to 3:00 am: 18 miles: Pass the divide, fall into Butte Valley, and cross its N . end . Bottom very cold. Mail station half way up a hill; a very small spring; grass on the N . side of the hill. Butte Station
- 13. October 7, 1860: 8:00 am to 1:45 pm: 22 miles: Ascend the long divide ; 2 steep hills and falls. Cross the N . end of Long Valley, all barren . Ascend the divide, and descend into Ruby Valley ; road excellent; water, grass, and bottom ; fuel distant. Good mail station.
- 14. October 8-9, 1860: 8:00 am to 1:45 pm: 23 miles: Long divide ; fuel plenty ; no grass nor water. After 10 miles the road branches to the right hand to Gravelly Ford of Humboldt River. Cross a dry bottom . Cross Smith 's Fork of Humboldt River in Huntingdon Valley ; a little stream ; bunch-grass and sage fuel on the W . end . Ascend Chokop's Pass, Dugway, and hard hill ; descend into Moonshine Valley. Station at Diamond Springs; warm water, but good
- 15. October 10, 1860: 8:00 am to 1:45 pm: 28 miles: Cross Moonshine Valley. After 7 miles a sulphurous spring and grass. Twelve miles beyond ascend the divide ; no water ; fuel and bunch -grass plentiful. Then a long divide. After 9 miles, the station on Roberts' Creek , at the E . end of Sheawit, or Roberts' Springs Valley
- 16. October 11, 1860: 6:30 am to 12:30 pm: 35 miles: Down the valley to the west; good road ; sage small ; no fuel. After 12 miles,willowsand water-holes; 3 miles beyond there are alkaline wells. Station on the bench ; water below in a dry creek ; grass must be brought from 15 miles.
- 17. October 12, 1860: 8:15 am to 2:25 pm: 25 miles: Cross a long rough divide to Smoky Valley. At the northern end is a creek called " Wanahonop," or “ Netwood," i. e., trap . Thence a long rough kanyon to Simpson 's Park ; grass plentiful; water in wells 10 feet deep. Simpson’s Park in Shoshonee country, and, according to Simpson 's Itinerary, 348 miles from Camp Floyd.
- 18. October 13, 1860: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm: 15 miles: Cross Simpson 's Park, Ascend Simpson 's Pass, a long kanyon, with sweet “ Sage Springs" on the summit ; bunch - grass plentiful. Descend to the fork of the road ; right hand to the lower, left hand to the upper ford of Reese's River. Water perennial and good ; food poor
- 19. October 14, 1860: 7:20 am to 2:45 pm: 28 miles: Through the remainder of Reese's River Valley . After a long divide, the Valley of Smith's Creek ; saleratus; no water nor grass. At last, the staion, near a kanyon , and hidden from view . The land belongs to the Pa Yutas
- 20. October 15, 1860: 8:15 am to 4:15 pm: 25 miles: Ascend a rough kanyon, and descend to a barren and saleratus plain . Toward the south of the valley over bench -land, rough with rock and pitch -hole. “ Cold Springs Station ” half built, near stream ; fuel scarce. |
- 21. October 16, 1860: 9:50 am to 2:30 pm: 35 miles: At the west gate, 2 miles from the station , good grass. After 8 miles, water. Two miles beyond is the middle gate ; water in fiumara, and grass near. Beyond the gate are 2 basins, long divides, winding road to “ Sand Springs Valley bad water ; little grass.
- 22. October 17, 1860: 11:00 am to 9:00 pm: 25 miles: Cross the valley, 10 miles to the summit, over slough inundations and bad road. Summit shifting sand. Descend 5 miles to Carson Lake; water tolerable ; tule abundant. Round the S . side of the lake to the sink of Carson River Station ; no provisions; pasture good ; fuel scarce
- 23. October 18, 1860: 9:30 am to 7:15 pm: 25 miles: Cross a long plain . Ascend a very steep divide, and sight Sierra 50 miles distant. Descend to Carson River. Fort Churchill newly built. Sutler's stores, etc
- 24. October 19, 1860: 11:00 am to 10:30 pm: 35 miles: Carson City Carson City lies on the eastern foot of the Sierra Nevada, distant 552 statute miles, according to Captain Simpson , from Camp Floyd . The present itinerary reduces it to 544, and,adding 44 miles, to a total of 588 from Great Salt Lake City