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Show 29 . 1 Jvane was on the Grand in 1S88 ( "in in ) a raft . . ( Abi . . R . , vol . . 1 , 1 p . 587 , , and McDonald in 18S7 ( Abs . . R . . ( 'Vol Vol ) 1 p 605 ) ) . . j , . . . The experience of these persons on the river ( sug- sug ) . gest no possibilities of use of this section of , the river as , a ( highway higliway ) of commerce The Powell expeditions ( 1869 , 1871 ) The expeditions of Major J . W . Powell of 1869 and 1871 descended the Green and Colorado Rivers from Green River , Wyoming . The first expedition ended at the mouth of the Virgin River ; the ( 'second second ) at the ( mouth inouth ) of the Kanab . The reports of these ( expeditions -expeditions expeditions ) ( are tare ) complete . The personnel of the , ( -expeditions expeditions expeditions ) included geologists , engineers , and ( to- to ) pographers . At no place in the diaries of the ( mem- mem ) ( 'bers bers ) of the expeditions or in the official reports is there any suggestion indicating navigable ( possibili- possibili ) ( -ties ties ) of the rivers in Utah . On the contrary , the progress of the expedition was so impeded by rapids . and sand bars , that the conclusion is nonnavigability . . 1 Best expedition of 1891 J . . B . . Best was in charge of prospecting party which left Greenriver , Utah , July 10 , 1891 . . The boats 3 Powell , Compl . . Exh . 51 ; Dellenbaugh , , The Romance of the ( Color'ado Colorado ) River . Compl . Exh . 13 ; ; Dellenbaugh , , A Canyon Voyage , Compl . . Exh . 14 ; Dellenbaugh . ( ( Abs . R . vol . . 1 , p . . 425 ) ; Thompson , , Diary , , ( Compl Conipl ) . Exh . . 627 ; Jones , Diary , Coinpl . . Exh . 69-8 ; ; Bishop , , Diary , , ( Compi Compl ) . Exh . 629 . . |
