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What was the condition of the grass and trees along the Humboldt River Valley passage?
Sparse and dried out
What was the nature of the water in the Humboldt River as the travelers progressed down the river?
It turned increasingly alkaline
What was the challenge travelers faced at the end of the Humboldt River before finding the Truckee River or Carson River?
They had to cross the deadly Forty Mile Desert
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