OCR Text |
Show ( way ivay ) for ( travel 14-aveJi 14aveJi ) In ( tliQ the ) ( souse Wise ) 174 ( t"lipV10 tlipV10 ) X Rivey a ( I'Llie ILlie ) . I Des ( Plaiiies Plahies ) rivers were used by tho fur traders . ( Turner , Vol . 30 , ( page pao-c paoc ) 5292 . ) Use of boats for ( pleasure p7easure ) . ( -There There ) was ( some sonic ) ( use -use use ) of the Green ( and aild ) Colorado Rivers for pleasure ( puT- puT ) poses . Investigations ( have bave ) been made to ( deter deter- deter ) mine the feasibility of taking tourists upstream from Lees ( Feny Ferry ) to the Natural Bridge ( Monument Moiniluent ) , a ( distance distalice ) of 68 miles , ( hut but ) no boats were ever put in operation for this purpose . ( ( Yol Vol ) . 10 , page 1731 . ) The nearest ( approach approacli ) to pleasure ( opera opera- opera ) ¬ tion was probably the trips made by Rust ( in ill ) fold ¬ ing ( canvas cailvas ) boats ( Vol . 12 , page 2268 ) which were ( made inade ) entirely downstream between North Wash ( and land ) Lees Ferry , the boats and supplies ( being beilig ) ( taken takeil ) ( overland overlaud ) to North ( Wash Wasli ) . ( Vol . 27 , page 4869 ) . Typical boating experiences . ( -The The ) difficulties ( in iii ) connection with navigation of ( small smaU ) boats and ( scows sco-NNTs scoNNTs ) used ( in iii ) the ( preceding precedhig ) operations vary ( throughout througliout ) the different sections of the river . They ( may inay ) be ( summarized smiuarized ) as follows : ( Green Greea ) River , ( Utali Utah ) , to ( mouth mout7i ) . ( -The The ) operation of ( hoats boats ) over rapids and riffles between ( Green Greeii ) River , Utah , ( and aud ) the mouth of the San Rafael is always accompanied ( with -viith viith ) some daugerand ( confined coi-ifined coiifined ) ( almost al-most almost ) exclusively to downstream operation ( as is ) far as boats without motors were concerned . ( Blake , Vol . 5 , page 922 . ) Below the ( mouth nioutli ) of the ( San Sall ) Rafael difficulties encountered were largely ( in iii ) ( connection coiniectioii ) with sand bars . Parley ( Galloway Gzalloway ) ( Vol . 6 , page |