Site 8 ★ Ditto Creek

Site 8 ★ Ditto Creek. . Monday October 9th "This evening yellowish granite appeared in needle form fragments and masses. Country mountainous, good grass, water in the creek on which we are camped partially dried up. We struck a large and much travelled Banak trail today." Theodore Talbot, 1843 , Ditto Creek was often nearly dry when the emigrants passed through the valley. They noted plenty of dry grass but often had to dig for water in the sandy creek bottom. The terrain changed from the volcanic rocks near Canyon Creek to a softer dirt and gravel road. Many travelers wrote their names with axle grease on the large granite boulders beside the trail. , A Bannock Indian trail went up the valley heading to the Camas Prairie. The Jeffery-Goodale Cutoff rejoined the main Oregon Trail at Ditto Creek.