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<span style="color:#FF0000">'''Montañon, Santa Cruz Island'''</span>, formed the approximate property ownership boundary between the eastern end of the island and the western 9/10th of the island in the 1925 partition lawsuit between the Caires and Gherinis. The Montagñon was described by Clifford McElrath as: | <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Montañon, Santa Cruz Island'''</span>, formed the approximate property ownership boundary between the eastern end of the island and the western 9/10th of the island in the 1925 partition lawsuit between the Caires and Gherinis. The Montagñon was described by Clifford McElrath as: | ||
: “a high volcanic ridge that cuts across the main east and west axis of the island like the arms of a cross. Getting over the Montañon is a rough slippery climb over volcanic rock ” [McElrath 1967: 68]. It must be crossed either on foot or horseback to reach the out ranches at Scorpion Harbor or Smugglers’ Cove. | : “a high volcanic ridge that cuts across the main east and west axis of the island like the arms of a cross. Getting over the Montañon is a rough slippery climb over volcanic rock ” | ||
[McElrath 1967: 68]. It must be crossed either on foot or horseback to reach the out ranches at Scorpion Harbor or Smugglers’ Cove. | |||
Revision as of 00:25, 8 September 2015
Montañon, Santa Cruz Island, formed the approximate property ownership boundary between the eastern end of the island and the western 9/10th of the island in the 1925 partition lawsuit between the Caires and Gherinis. The Montagñon was described by Clifford McElrath as:
- “a high volcanic ridge that cuts across the main east and west axis of the island like the arms of a cross. Getting over the Montañon is a rough slippery climb over volcanic rock ”
[McElrath 1967: 68]. It must be crossed either on foot or horseback to reach the out ranches at Scorpion Harbor or Smugglers’ Cove.
