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Show 7200 Grimm- D 5181 Q Did you take a trip on the river at that time? A Yes sir. Q What kind of boat? A A boat that I and another gentleman made there at the blacksmith shop, flat bottom boat. Q How long was it? A I think it was in the neighborhood of twenty- four feet long. Q And about how wide? A About five feet, is my recollection. Q Light draft, flat bottom boat, I suppose? A Yes sir. Q Where did you put that boat into the river? A Where the bridge now is; there was a ferry there at that time. Q Put it in where the bridge now is at Moab? A Where the bridge now is across the Colorado river at Moab. Q How heavily did you load it? A We loaded it about five hundred pounds. Q And the two of you went down stream, did you? A No, we went up stream. Q Went up stream? |