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. 0150 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0317a.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 I I never saw boats on the river except at the * , trading posts , where they ( were -were were ) used for ( crossing crossing- crossing ) I and forth . They butchered cattle that ranged around the San Juan River which drank ( water water- water ) from it and they found from four to fourteen pounds of silt in their stomachs . It is sometimes . necessary to pull hundreds of heads of stock out ( of of' of ) the quicksand in the river . ( R . 553-554 . ) ( Storms Stolms ) cause rapid rise in the river , sometimes . to the extent of causing a flood and washing ( away away- away ) the banks . He has seen the river frozen over and ( had bad ) been in many sand storms along the river . Sand storms are frequent during the spring of the year , especially in May . ( R . 554-555 . ) ( Gross-examination Grossexamination Cross-examination Crossexamination ) ( R . Vol . 3 , pp . 555-560 ) : - He forded the river hundreds of times ( both- both both ) , when it ( was -was was ) low andwben it was rising . He saw the river frozen over many times where the ( water water- water ) was quiet ; the water ( doesn't doesnt ) freeze over the riffles . The first time he saw a flood in 1881-1882 , the water covered the land knee deep to a horse . He moved away from Bluff in about 1902 . There ( was -Niras Niras ) a ( big big- big ) flood just before he left and that is the reason ( that that- that ) he moved . This was the biggest flood he ever saw . . ( R . 555-560 . ) Redirect examination ( R . Vol . 3 , pp . 560 ) : When he first came into that country there were , a few houses and dugouts at Moab . This was in the fall of 1879 that he went through there . Half |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110229 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/110229 |