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where abundance of bunch grass, quite green, and cedars for shelter and for fuel, afforded a fit r e s t i n g - p l a c e f o r t h e n i g h t . F r o m t h e t o p of the hill we could distinguish the vicinity of Leroux's spring, lying due east at a distance estimatedattwentymiles.The surfacebetween is nearly level. Looking west and southwest appeared an open country, with imperfectly
Figure 8. Timothy OerSullivanphotograph
of Music Mountains taken in 1871 near present Truxton, Ari zona. It represents the juniper/grassland interface prior to the time that heavy per manent grazing had occurred in the area. It is possible that live stock had been herded through the area by the time this photograph was taken.
Figure 9. August, 1995 repeat of Fig ure 8. Woodland has growndenser124years since the first pho tograph was taken. Pinyon, not visible at all in 1871, has be come a major compo nent of the woodland. While some evidence of woodcutting is ap parent in the area, it does not appear to have undergone any major juniper eradi cation. Note that the three turbinella oaks in the foreground m a y be the same shrubs that were present in 1871. Photograph by Raymond M. Turner.
defined valleys, among a dense growth of cedars; but it was difficult to say in what direction was the slope. A blue mountain range some fifteen or twenty miles distant limited the view. From south to south-southwest, about ten miles from us. was Bill Williams' mountain, the highest in this vicinity. North and northwest were black volcanic hills, and
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