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. 0380 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0434a.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 B . JK MMr yiMU MKIUiH u iW yi4gw M < 380 ( ber-can't bercant ) recall the exact ( date-or dateor ) early October , . it was taken over to Greenriver , and two of the boys . who had been working under him in the ( pie-shaped pieshaped ) area took the boat and came from ( Greenriver Greenriver- Greenriver ) around to Moab ; that was Mr . McKnight and Mr . Nye . ( R . 1324 . ) This trip from Moab to the mouth of the Green River and return was made August 4th to the 10th , . 1926 . ( Mr Air ) . McKnight and Mr . Nye made a trip with the same boat and with the same engine that fall ( he- he ) was there ; it was late September or early October . ( R . 1325 . ) They went from Greenriver to Moab When he was through with the boat it was ( trans trans- trans ) ¬ ported overland from Moab to Greenriver . He had bought this boat and the engine in Minneapolis . . from the Evinrude people and had it shipped ( to- to ) Moab . ( R . 1325 . ) ( oss-examination ossexamination Cross-examination Crossexamination ) ( R . Vol . 7 , pp . 1326- ( 1336 1.336 ) ) : During the ( time tinie ) of his study of the territory at the triangular section between the Colorado ( and alicl- alicl ) the Green Rivers , and south of the road between ( Moab Aloab ) and Greenriver , Utah , he went from ( Valley Valley- Valley ) City southwest to what they call the ( neck -neck neck ) ( about aboiit ) four times ( with -with with ) ( an ali ) automobile . That was as far as lie could go with an automobile . ( R . 1326 . ) ( "When When When ) he stated that in making his trips in that section that it ( was 'was was ) ( sometimes sometilues ) by boat and ( some some- some ) times by road , he meant that when ( he lie ) said by boat he meant down the Colorado River from Moab to |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109811 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109811 |