Central Overland Trail – Black Rock Hills Southern Route
“Having reached the plain the road ran for eight miles over a broken surface… it then forked. The left, which is about six miles the longer of the two, most be taken after rains, and leads to Devil’s Hole. … We chose the shorter cut and after eight miles rounded Mountain Point, the end of a dark brown vuute falling into the plain.”
Sir Richard Burton, September 29, 1860
This is Utah Crossroads Chapter – OCTA’s historic marker #COTNU-8A, located along the old Pony Express Route and near the Dugway Geode Beds.
(GPS: N 39.87267 W 113.16283 )
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