Generations ago, mountain men who lived on these hills hunted and trapped game of the region and apparently gave names to areas and old trails.  By chance a local friend found an old hand written map and some notes in a local book store.  The undated map and notes looked very old and was stuffed into the back of a surveyors notebook from the region.  Upon recognizing the trails on the map, he bought it for 10 bucks.   He examined it and cross-referenced it's trails and markings with modern day satellite images and terrain maps.  From there he was able to identify approximate locations of old hunting cabins, ancient trails, old mining operations, prime hunting grounds, fields, streams, and landmarks, and could identify them by a name, an old name, given to that landmark or trail no longer existing cabin.  Amazing.  Some names found on the old map were: Jim's Tree, Timberline Trail, Wood Haven, Oak Tree Hollow,  Tangleweed Hollow (apparently famous for the "Stingerweed"), Coyote Ridge, Snake Valley, Mudspring Shallow, Rattlesnake Pass, Michael's Rut, Buck Pointe, Hunters Grove, Lee's Hill, Bear Lookout, Blueberry Hill (pre-dating Chuck Berry's song!), White's Crossing, Pine Tree Grove, Dark Forest, Bill's Rock and 10 Point to name a handful.  So armed with a copy of the old map, we set out one fine fall weekend to re-discover the trails once again. 

A few of us wanted to explore that area named Rattlesnake Pass, which is a rocky area of the valley.  A few nice trails cut through there.  However we limited our exploration to a single evening run back there in light of a recent Rattlesnake encounter in the same general area.