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Show 287 Green and Colorado Rivers do not freeze except in places where river is shaded by ledges . ( R . . 1059-1061 . ) Material for building boats , and supplies hauled overland from Greenriver to North Wash . ( Coun- Coun ) try is desert in character . Saw one ranch on San Rafael but no ( settlements settlemeuts ) . First trip in 1911 from Green River , Wyoming to Dirty Devil . Returned with pack outfit , leaving boat at mouth of Dirty Devil . . ( R . . 1062-1064 . ) Did not see any one ( boat- boat ) ing on this trip . ( R . 1065-1066 . ) Has not seen boats on Green River carrying freight or ( passengers passeligers ) . ( R . 1066 . ) Trip from Green River Wyoming , to Dirty Devil made in September ; trip from Greenriver to North Wash , where boat was built , in March or April of 1927 . Third trip from Greenriver to Glen Canyon by river made ( in iii ) 1924 . Went out from . Lees Ferry to ( Kanab Ka-nab Kanab ) overland . ( R . 1066-1068 . ) Same difficulties from end of cataracts to Lees Ferry on Colorado , only difference , more water ; ; river wider , boxed in places . Where river crowds against ledge , there is a great big whirlpool . . ( R . . 1068-1069 . ) Only boats he saw were some tied along river ; ; did not see any ranches from mouth of San Rafael to Lees Ferry ; no fertile or plowed lands . . One old prospector , named Carpenter , below cataracts . . Hite ranch deserted . ( R . 1069-1070 . . ) In his opinion , impossible take a boat ( from froin ) Grecuriver to Colorado line ; ; 120 rapids in ( Desola- Desola ) |