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Show rado , on the Groat Salt ( Lake Lall-Ce LallCe ) 197 , and a little ( in hi ) ( tba t1je ) ( old1 Old ) country . Assisted in the construction of the City of Moab at Grand Junction , Colorado . The City ( of' of ) Moab was about fifty feet long fourteen feet ( beam bearn ) , , ( and a-nd and ) drew twelve or fourteen inches of water . T4e . cabins and the finishing work ( on oil ) the ( City CitV ) of ( Moal Illoal ) was done on the banks of the Green River at ( Green- Green ) river , Utah . The ( power poNver ) used was 25 horsepower Watkins engines , and the boat was propelled ( by by- by ) two tunnel ( tjrpe type ) ( propellers propellors ) . ( R . ( 720-722 79-0-722 ) . ) Prior to launching the City of Moab , he ( went went- went ) down the Green River in a rowboat for the purpose . of surveying the river and determining the ( loca- loca ) tion of the channel and the depth . The trip ( was- was was ) . made in a ( sixteen-foot sixteenfoot ) rowboat or skiff . He was accompanied ( on oil ) the trip by Mr . Yokey and ( Arthur- Arthur ) Perry . The trip was ( made inade ) from ( Greenriver Greenriier ) , Utah , . to ( Moab 'Koab Koab ) , Utah , ( in ii-i iii ) March or April . ( R . 722-723 . ) Considerable trouble was encountered between Greenriver Utah and the mouth of the Green , , River as ( sand saud ) and gravel bars were ( numerous nuinerous ) , it being necessary to push the boat over the bars . At the mouth of the Green River the party ( walked walked' walked ) down the Colorado to see the first two or three ( cat- cat ) ( aracts caracts ) and then proceeded up the Colorado River in the rowboat to ( Moab TMoab ) , ( encountering encounteriug ) little or no ( difficulty difficii1ty ) in ( making inalzing ) the trip except that it was hard ( rowing I-owing Iowing ) . At Moab they left the boat and took the stage back to Thompson , Utah . |