There are two groups of these bogs in the county, about two or three miles apart : one just east of the Crocket ranch and the other on Honeycutt hill. Each group has a dozen or more of the bogs about ten feet across, twenty-five feet and upward apart, and sometimes connected by trenches that seem to be cracks, possibly made by an upwards pressure of underneath forces or materials. No one

for distances instead of using the chain.

It calls to mind the story of the elder Mr. Lafferty who was a locater in early days. There was a small party of land seekers of which Bert Mills was one, and they were running off the lines using the wagon wheel method. One hundred eighty-five revolutions made a half mile, and Mr. Lafferty was doing the counting. After they had driven on and on until it seemed three or four times the half mile, they turned and found that Lafferty had fallen asleep. It was one of those hot, sleepy days. They turned about, and started it over again with the same result, but the third time he counted it to the half mile post.

Other Early Names It would have been more in keeping with proprieties to have given Tabor precinct the name Harshman. Theo. Harshman furnished

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knows to what depths these bogs extend but at least it is presumed that they reach down to the Laramie formation and perhaps a far greater depth. One can shove a pole or post into the muck with little force, as far as it will reach.