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Show 125 Had the Colorado River any possibilities as a navigable stream , most certainly it would have been so used by the Mormon ( churcL church ) The history of the Mormon ( chureh church ) indicates that as early as 1847 the Spanish trail vas known to the Mormons and used by them as a travel route to California for the purpose of obtaining seeds , seedling trees , and other necessities of a pioneer country . ( Exhibit 626 , page 1 . ) Subsequent to the year 1847 , the records of the church disclose ( that fhat ) there was considerable travel between Salt Lake City , Utah , and California . The ( road Toad ) to California started at Salt Lake City Utah , , and went down through central Utah and swung west and passed out of Utah near the Virgin River . The road was a long , hard trip , which was attended by considerable difficulty on account of the rough , barren , uneven country through which it passed . Several roads led from Salt Lake City to various points on the Green River . I road led from Salt Lake City across the Green River at ( Gunnison's Gunnisons ) Crossing , which is the present site of ( Greenriver Greenxiver ) ( Utah 'Utah Utah ) . There was another ( road Toad ) which led from Salt Lake City to the ( mouth moutb ) of the Uinta River . It was at that point that Major Powell , on his ( sec- sec ) ond expedition , left his party and went to Salt Lake City . ( ( DeUenbaugh Dellenbaugh ) , Exhibit 14 , pp . 66 ( and audl ) 67 . ) The road from Salt Lake City , which crossed at |
