The Salt Well southeast of McCoy. "Early settlers gave it this name because of the waters salty taste. It is a deep natural spring about forty feet in diameter with a steady year-around flow of water which remains at approximately the same temperature in all seasons. Another mystery of the spring is that it has been sounded to a depth of 1,500 feet without finding bottom." -- McCoy Memoirs p.90 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle...

"The Balanced Rock near the present Ronald Kirby ranch or former Quinlan place was once in the middle of the river, but when the Dotsero Cut-off was built, the river was relocated and shifted south to avoid a sharp curve in the track, which isolaed the rock in still water. In the winter time, this was an ice crossing and a short distance above there was an excellent ford." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 144 The river described is the Colorado (formerly Grand)...