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Show freight and passengers between 156 Greenriver , Utah , and ( tlie the ) town of ( Moab IN'loab INloab ) , on the Colorado River . ( R . 666 ; Vol . 17 , page 3243 . ) The boat encountered all kinds of difficulties on its initial downstream trip . There were many groundings between Greenriver , Utah , and the mouth of the San Rafael ( R . Vol . 4 , p . 726 ) , and between the mouth of the ( San Sail ) Rafael and the mouth of the Green River groundings were ( con- con ) stantly made upon the sandbars ( R . 727 ) . The boat was equipped with poles , pulleys , and ropes ( R . 667 ) and the ropes were frequently made fast to the shore , in order to assist the boat off the sand ( bars baTs ) . During the entire trip , a pilot went ahead and made soundings , in order to ascertain the best water ( R . 672 ) . After the boat reached the mouth of the Green River , it attempted to go up the Colorado River , but was unable to get past The Slide . The boat tlien turned around and started back up the Green River . On the trip up Green ( River Ri'ver River ) , the same difficulties were encountered with ( sandbars saildbars ) . The boatwas finally gotten up as far as ( "Wolverton's Wolvertons -NATolverton NATolverton ) Ranch ( Vol . 4 , page 734 ) and ( was -was was ) tied at that point . The ( ovvm- ovvm ) ers and crew proceeded from that point by wagon to the D . and ( E R ) . G . Railroad , and returned to their homes by rail ( R . 673 ) . The experience of this boat has an important bearing upon navigation because it was a ( serious seTious ) attempt to utilize the Green and Colorado rivers |