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Show 357 Landings were difficult to make because of the shallow water near the shores. Near the center of Little Valley there was an unmapped pronounced riffle, where the beat struck bottom because of shallow water. About a mile below this riffle there is another riffle and gravel bar which had been used as a ford, wagon tracks leading to it on both sides of the river. On this bar the water was about two feet deep at the deepest place and possibly not over two inches deep above the highest of the gravel in the bar. At Halverson's ranch, where Mr. Hoyt wished to go ashore, he dared row the boat to shore because of shallow water, so the boat was held in mid- stream while Hoyt and Moyer waded ashore. There was no one living at Halverson's ranch. R. 918- 919. This shallow water continued for a distance of about a half mile and then swift water was encountered, with protruding rocks on the left side of the river. The boat had to be taken through around these rocks. About a half mile below this rapid, very shallowly submerged bed rock extended from the left bank to about half way across the river. A short distance below this bed rock another shallow riffle was encountered; the boat was taken through but the oars would strike bottom. |