Title |
No. 14 Original, Abstract of the Testimony, vol. 1, pp. 1-748 |
Subject |
Mines and mineral resources -- Environmental aspects -- Utah; United States -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Utah -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Environmental aspects |
Description |
Testimony given before special master Charles Warren in a suit brought by the United States against the state of Utah over ownership of the bed of the Colorado River. Much of the testimony was given by river runners, scientists and engineers, petroleum geologists, and placer miners. The testimony constitutes an extensive oral history of the men and women who utilized the Colorado River Basin in Utah prior to 1929. |
Publisher |
Microfilm gift of John Weisheit, 1997 |
Date |
1930-10 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
Original format: 12 microfilm reels |
Language |
eng |
Relation |
No. 14 Original. Abstract in Narrative Form of the Testimony Taken before the Special Master, and filed in His Court by Him, vol. 1, pp. 1-748 |
Rights Management |
Digital image copyright 2003, University of Utah. All rights reserved. |
Holding Institution |
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah; Originals in: Utah State Archives; Salt Lake City, Utah. |
Scanning Device |
Sunrise 2000 Microfilm Scanner |
Scanning Contractor |
iArchives Inc., Orem, UT |
Call Number |
ACCN 1702 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110904 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x |
Title |
Abstract Testimony, V 1, p. 0160 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0322a.jpg |
Holding Institution |
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah Originals in: Utah State Archives; Salt Lake City, Utah. |
Resolution |
Archival TIFF: 3000 x 4600 |
Dimensions |
JPEG: 650 x 1000 |
Bit Depth |
8-bit |
OCR Text |
Show ( FRANK FRANX ) 160 H . HYDE For Complainant i ( Record Ilecord ) vol . 4 , pp . ( 591-003 591-0G3 5910G3 ) ) ( Ha He ) resides at Salt Lake City and is 60 years old . ( He Re ) is a ( fanner farnier ) and stock raiser ( and aud ) ( lias has ) lived ( in i'll ill ) ( ihe the ) San Juan country practically all of ( liis his ) life . He went there at about the age of 10 with his ( par- par ) ents ( from froni ) Juab County , Utah , ( travelling travelliug ) with an outfit of six wagons and possibly a hundred head of horses , via Escalante and ( Hole-in-the-Rock HoleintheRock Hole-iii-the-Rock HoleiiitheRock ) . They crossed the Colorado River and then went on down the north side of the San Juan River to Bluff ; then on up to Montezuma , about fifteen to seventeen miles above Bluff . There were about ten or eleven ( families fainilies ) there at that time and a fort was built , or what they called a fort , log cabins in a square , and established a farming ( settlement settlemeiit ) . ( R . 591-593 . ) His father built a store and traded with the Indians and he has worked as far back as he can , remember . At that ( time tinie ) the river was ( confined colifined ) to a ( perma Perma- Perma ) nent channel , willows and ( mulberry niulberry ) bushes ( grow grow- grow ) ing on each side of the sloping banks . He could ride ponies across it most anywhere he ( came caine ) to it ( with- with ) out fords . |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
108836 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/108836 |