| 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. 0126 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0305a.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 ( Ho lie ) ( bolieves beiieves ) it ( carried ecarried ) the 126 ( same saine ) kind of things ( that thl-Eit thlEit ) ( he lie ) carried ( ill in ) his freight wagon , but ( he lie ) ( couldn't couldnt ) say what time of the year it was . He believes it was ( summer suniine ) time or late in the fall . He has heard that there were others went down but he never saw them . ( R . 457-459 . ) Redirect examination ( R . Vol . 3 , pp . 459 ) : He has been at Mexican Hat recently and there is a store and five or six or seven people . Mexican Hat and Goodrich are the same thing . There are no other towns west of Bluff or any other families living west of Bluff except at ( Mexican Atexican ) Hat . ( R . 459 . ) ( Recross-examination Recrossexamination ) ( R . Vol . 3 , pp . 460 ) : The stores furnished boats to ferry the Indians across the river at Bluff and he ( doesn't doesnt ) believe the Indians ( have licave ) boats of their own . They would cross anywhere at Bluff for about a ( mile nifle ) . . There ( wasn't wasnt ) any ford for the boats . The Indians would bring their supplies across in the boats , such as flour , bacon , and things they use and they would bring the things they sold , blankets and so forth , across in boats . Sometimes they would have trouble getting across when the river was high and sometimes they ( didn't didnt ) . Sometimes ( with -with with ) his freighting trips he would have trouble and ( some some- some ) ¬ times ( he lie ) ( wouldn't wouldnt ) . ( R . 460 . ) ( Recalled Recalle-d Recalled ) ( R . Vol . 3 , pp . 576 ) : The low water testified to in former examination was in 1893 . The summer the river ( went Aent ) dry ( rode i-ode iode ) |
| Setname |
usa_crc |
| ID |
109034 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109034 |
