"Commenced the ascent of the Blue Mountains It is a lovely morning, and all hands seem to be delighted with the prospect, of being so near timber again, after weary months of travel, on the dry dusty sage plants, with nothing to receive the eye; just now the men are halloing, to hear their echo ring through the woods." — Amelia Stewart Knight, August 18, 1853
Although pleased by the change in scenery, emigrants found little time to enjoy these forested slopes.
Here we began climbing the Blue Mountains, and if they don't beat the devil." — David Maynard, September 2, 1850
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