Hitchcock, an old trapper and one of the first of his kind to have been in California in 1832, Page 113, Appendix to First And Last Consul" by John A. Hawgood recommended that the wagon trail go due west from the Little Sandy and cross 40 miles of desert territory to the Green River Page 106, "Old Greenwood", 1968 Revised Edition, by Charles Kelley and Dale Morgan and from there cross the ridge into the Bear River Valley, completely bypassing Fort Bridger and the crossing of Bear River Ridge.