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. 0439 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0463b.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 line to establish a ( "base base base ) triangulation 439 for use ( inlay- inlay ) ( teg jmg ) out the maps , recorded a lot of topography , putting in trails and things of that sort . They used pack ( trains ta-ains taains ) for doing this work and were busy the whole winter . At the conclusion of the winter , they returned again to the Colorado River . The ( first -first first ) time ( -was was ) when they tried to find the mouth of the Dirty Devil River across country . That was a very ( dif- dif ) ficult operation . They finally reached there and he brought down a boat that had been left behind the year before . ( R . 1545-1546 . ) Upon reaching the mouth of the Dirty Devil River , they ( went -went went ) northeasterly up through the place now called Clarkston , crossing the head of the Paria Riverj and went up along what ( was -was was ) called Hogback in the Potato Valley . A Mormon Party had been up there two or three years before , and it was in ( Po- Po ) tato Valley that Jacob Hamblin ( got -got got ) lost in ( attempt attempt- attempt ) ing to supply the party at the mouth of the Dirty Devil . He followed down a river that he thought ( was -was was ) the Dirty Devil River that proved to be the Escalante River . It was a river that they ( knew Imew ) nothing about , so it ( was -was was ) named the Escalante because Escalante crossed the Colorado River a few miles below at the Crossing of the Fathers . They continued on across country and got to the mouth of Dirty Devil River about June , 1872 . ( R . 1547 . ) He went along then in the neighborhood of ( where -where where ) the present town of Escalante is located . |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109752 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109752 |