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Show Stayed at Moab until 625 October , 1895 ; ferryboat there ; saw ( 16-ft 16ft ) . rowboat at Moab . ( R . 2321 . ) While at Moab did not see any boats bringing or taking merchandise on river . Back on the Colorado in 1907 ; was with ( TJ U ) . S . Geological Survey under K . ( "W W W ) . Trimble in 1921 . ( Joined Joined- Joined ) party at Greenriver ; helped carry survey from Moab to Bluff , and on down to Lees ( Perry Ferry ) . ( R . 2322 . ) Party ( had bad ) three open boats ( -with with ) flat bottoms , flared sides , 16 in . deep , 4 ft . beam . Between 1895 and 1921 , at Indian Farms , the farms had completely gone ; river in 1895 was 300 . or 400 ft . wide ; in 1921 , 3,300 ft . wide . ( R . 2223- 24 . ) River in 1921 , estimated 6 ft . deep over that width . ( R . 2324 . ) While camped big flood came down ; have floods usually in July . ( R . 2325-26 . ) Rapid at Grand Gulch of big boulders in 1895 , and in 1921 it had disappeared . ( R . 2326 . ) On the 1921 trip , portaged rapid just above Slick Horn Canyon on San Juan . At Grand Gulch , big sandstone cliffs ; wall rocks , bends in river shut off walking on one side , makes another bend , shuts off on other side ; river wider and shallower ; boats catch on sand and tip sideways ; river digs in and digs talus slopes away from wall rock . ( R . 2327- 2329 . ) Long loop at the Narrows ; no place to walk ; big sand waves ; boat filled half full of water . Big rains had ( blocked blocIced ) the trail used by supply pack train ; arranged to take boat up river and meet packer at Spencer Canyon ; ( Mr Afx ) . ( Miser Afiser ) and he ( 33307-31-VOL 3330731VOL ) . 1-10 |