He wrote his name and the date, 1825, on a large rock above a sharp fall, which was (later, 1869,) named in his honour.
I saw this inscription in 1871 and made a careful copy of it, which is given here.

See also the illustration of Ashley Falls on page 113.

The location of it is just west of C in the words "Red Canon" on the map, page 109.

In the canyon of Lodore, at the foot of Disaster Falls, we found some wreckage in the sand, a bake-oven, tin plates, knives, etc., which Powell first saw in 1869, but these could not have belonged to Ashley's party, for plainly Ashley did not enter Lodore at all.

It was evidently from some later expedition which probably started from Brown's Park, in the days of Fort Davy Crockett.
* Wm.