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Ranch (and elsewhere in the vicinity?) and earlier settlements to cross over to Kingston. School kids would take milk from the goat ranch to Kingston and board in Kingston while going to school. (It is not known if they made this trek more than once a week.)
Because it is assumed that the goat’s milk was transported by burros (or other beasts of burden) it is very likely that the trail from the saddle to the goat ranch was of a moderate incline, perhaps a series of switchbacks down the steep slope, switchbacks which have washed out in the fairly loose soil of this particular slope -- or maybe the trail went elsewhere.
As a place of historical significance, this trail should be maintained and preserved. Sections of the “trail” are shown to the left and above.