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. 0210 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0348a.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 -210 ( Ri-sbTother RisbTother ) had more experience than lie . Has ( brother's brothers ) boat was run through , ( whore where ) hiswas ( lined- lined lined ) . , R 770-771 . . ) He ( doesn't doesnt ) just ( remember remeniber ) the length of ( Bed Ved ) Canyon and it might be shorter ( than flian ) what ( lie lle ) ( said saicl ) it was . They lined one boat at two different places in ( the Vie ) canyon and it was one place called Ashley Falls , in the State of Utah , where there was a very narrow channel and ( they their ) had extremely low water . This is the only point outside of the two rapids that he recalls . He only remembered the places where he had a little difficulty . The river in that country averaged about one hundred and fifty feet wide in low water and it was comparatively shallow . Gravel from the shores had gradually deepened to the center and he had great difficulty with their boats dragging on the rocks on account of extremely low water . They came into ( quiet quiet' quiet ) ( water vater ) in ( Brown's Browns Br'own's Browns ) Park that is in Utah , and the river changes its direction and , goes directly east and somewhere above Lodore Post Office enters Colorado . ( R . 778-779 . ) The Canyon of Lodore is in Colorado and it makes a loop and comes back into ( Utah Utall ) again , and after going into Whirlpool Canyon and Split Mountain Canyon ; it is very close , he believes , to Utah or Colorado . It rained in Lodore Canyon and they had a ( six- six ) foot rise in the river and the ( Yampa Yainpa ) River came |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110404 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/110404 |