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Show iqg He estimates that Turner had a ( ranch rqndli ) of about seventy acres at the ( mouth niouth ) of Red Canyon on ther Colorado River . ( R . 1647 . f Purther examination ( R . Vol . . 9 , ' j p 1648-1650 ) : There was a ferry near Hite , opposite ( White Whita ) Canyon . That was a recognized crossing in the ( '80's 80s ) , early ( 180's 180s ) . Hite is the Dandy crossing . . They had a boat to take people across . The old piers stand there now , on the one side . The next crossing , where you get across with light boats ( was -NN7as NN7as ) ( Eed Red ) Canyon , where the Turner ranch wis . And coming down the river from Red Canyon , where the next recognized crossing was ( Hall's Halls ) . crossing , about twenty miles below . That is at ( Hall's Halls ) ( Creek Creelk ) . The next recognized crossing was called the ( Hole- Hole ) ( in-the-Wall intheWall ) . So that between Hite and ( the t1he ) junction of the San Juan river there were five recognized ( cross- cross ) ings , the four named and the Crossing of the Fathers . That is below the junction of the San Juan river . And to each of those crossings there was some kind of trail or road to get to them . The purpose of persons ( using usiug ) these crossings other than getting to the other side was , the ( Mor- Mor ) ( mons inons ) were working in there on the Hall crossing and the ( Hole-in-the-Wall HoleintheWall ) , to get into the Bluff |