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Show in getting boats to Greenriver 63 . Richardson ( Abs . R , Vol . 2 , pp . 929-936 , ) Sawyer ( Abs . R . , Vol . 1 , p . 599 ) , Shaw ( Abs . R . , Vol . 2 , p . 921 ) . The town of Greenriver was the natural point of origin of all traffic and likewise the destination for upstream boats . The reason for tying up below the riffles was the impediments to further operation of boats . In The MontellOj Economy Light , etc . , v . United States and St . Anthony Falls v . Board of Power Commissioner cases , supra ( ( M 1V1 ) . R . 84 , ( Excep Excep- Excep ) tion 29 ) open water existed both above and below the obstruction , which was only an incident along the highway . There was no open water above Greenriver . Greenriver , Utah , to mouth . ( M . R . pp . 58-72 , Exception 14 ) . ( -The The ) ( operation op6ration ) of boats over rapids and riffles between Greenriver , Utah , and the mouth of the San Rafael is always accompanied with some danger and confined almost exclusively to ( down down- down ) stream operation as far as boats without motors were concerned . ( Blake , Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . 248 . ) Below the mouth of the San Rafael difficulties ( en- en ) countered were largely in connection with sand bars . Parley Galloway ( Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . 298 ) describes operation as follows : " There are trips you ( don't dont ) have quite so much trouble , but the other places you have enough to make up for it . " Again ( Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . 298 ) : ( "In In ) places we find little strips we get along all right , in other places the boat will run on the gravel and sand bars . " Nye ( Abs . R . vol . 2 , p . 1050 ) , in going downstream with rowboat to which was attached an Evinrude motor states that , |