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. 0164 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0324a.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 161 . ( Supplies S-Lipplies SLipplies ) ( wore were ) first ( obtained Obtahied ) in the wintartime from Santa Fe ( and aud ) in the summer time from ( Ala- Ala ) mosa , Colorado . It would take from six to eight weeks to freight to Montezuma from Santa Fe by wagon . Later on they got supplies from Animus City above Durango . In those days it took about two weeks to drive from ( Montezuma Montezumd ) to Durango and Animus City . Freighting was done with horses and mules ; with an empty wagon you would freight the seventeen miles between Montezuma and Bluff in oue day ; with a load it would take two days . Years later they got freight from Thompson Springs , Utah . ( R . 599-602 . ) He forded the river at Moab , Utah , in the early years when the water was low as it was easy to CrOSS2 the depth being about to the ( horse's horses ) belly . During high water he had to do some swimming , , and daily mail crossed there . Moab was settled two or three years after the San Juan country was settled . Greenriver was established when he first went there when he was a boy eighteen or twenty years old . ( R . 602-603 . . ) The San Juan River was never used for the ( pur- pur ) pose of shipping in supplies with boats . . He knows of an instance or two where people came down there with a little bacon and a bed ; just as light as they possibly could . He paid a cent and a half and two cents a pound freight to have goods hauled from |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109916 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109916 |