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. 0438 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0463a.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 ( tan ten ) , houses outside the 438 fort . The Navajos and ( Piutes Pintes ) had been ( pacified pacifled ) and the settlers had little to fear from the Indians . There ( weren't werent ) more than four or five hundred people at the outside . There was a post office and a telegraph line ; ( sup- sup ) plies were brought in tc Kanab by wagon from Salt Lake City , and the mail was brought in by a post rider . ( R . 1543 . ) They encountered no boats ( between betwcen ) the junction of the Green and the Colorado Rivers and Lees Ferry and saw no prospectors between Flaming Gorge and the Crossing of the Fathers , a distance of about nine hundred miles . Two prospectors ( were -were were ) seen at the Crossing of the Fathers and no one else ( was -was was ) seen between that point and Lees Ferry , Arizona . ( R . 1544-1545 . ) After leaving Lees Ferry , Arizona , some of them stayed at Houserock Springs about four weeks . This place is ( simply sh-nply shnply ) a spring that had been ( dis- dis ) covered some years before and was called ( House- House ) rock because a couple of fellows had slept under some rocks there and marked it ( "Rock Rock ) House Hotel . " They camped there and waited for Powell to come from Salt Lake and plan the ( winter's winters -winter's winters ) work . They arrived in Kanab about the first of ( Novem Novem- Novem ) ¬ ber , 1871 . During the ( remainder rem"ainder remainder ) ( of ofL ) that ( winter -winter winter ) , they went out around the surrounding country at what they called Mt . ( Truinble Trumble ) and over on the ( Kai- Kai ) bab and all around establishing geodetic points and running base lines and triangulating ( from froin ) the base |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
108876 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/108876 |