Closing in on Kerlin's Well

In 1829 or 1830 www.upa.pdx.edu/IMS/currentprojects/TAHv3/.../Ewing_Young.pdf">CaptainEwing Young led a large trapping party west from Taos, which atthe time was still part of Mexico, over the MogollonPlateau (now the Colorado Plateau) and west along the south side of theGrand Canyon to the Mojave Desert. Sources indicate that one youngermember of the party was named Kit Carson, later to befamous as an Indian fighter. The party reached the head waters of theVerde River, which is very close to Kerlin's Well. It may well be that this wasthe first European expedition to reach this area of what is nowArizona.

My interest in Kerlin's Well stems from the fact that myGreat-grandfather, Henry Martin Tanner, stopped at the waterhole longenough to carve his name in a rock with the date, 1877. In past posts, Ihave been reviewing some of the information I have discovered about thelocation of the site and its history. Since my last posts on thesubject, I have found a lot more information. I am currently planninganother trip to follow up on my one unsuccessful trip to find thelocation of the Well.
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