| 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. 0288 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0387a.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 |
( iJion -tion tion ) Canyon ; 30 rapids 288 in ( Spifc SIA ) Mountain ( Canyon OU11yon ) . ( R . 1071-1072 . ) Has never ( taken takeil ) boat ( from froin ) mouth of ( Green 0-reen 0reen ) to Greenriver , supposes ( he lie ) could take a boat ( from froin ) ( mouth maouth ) of Green up to ( Greenriver Greertriver ) by rowing and ( towing 'towing towing ) ; same as ( on oil ) Colorado , only distance farther . ( Cross-examination Crossexamination ) ( R . Vol . pp . ( 1074-1110 1074-4110 ) ) : His father was Nathaniel Galloway , did ( consid colisid- colisid ) erable trapping ( on oil ) ( Green -Green Green ) and Colorado ( Rivers P-tivers Ptivers ) ; boated down the rivers and designed type of boat ( known kno-wn known ) as Galloway ; never ( used iised ) ( motor inotor ) boats . ( R . 1074 . ) Impediments , bars , ( between betweell ) ( Shafer Sbafer ) well and ( Moab Afoab ) not substantially the same or worse than ( on oil ) lower stretches of Green . Places ( on oil ) Green , forty or fifty miles up , nothing like on the Grand ( ( Colo Colo- Colo ) ¬ rado ) ; more riffles , swifter water . ( R . 1077-1080 . ) More water in Green . ( R . 1080 . ) Going up Colorado River is hard work . If ( he be ) had a permit to trap beaver between Moab and the junction of the river , and was coming back and could get to Moab , why should he not want his boat to be at Moab . Then ( he lie ) could float down the river . ( R . 1084 . ) He was in floating ice when he left that boat at Camp ( Lockhart Lochhart ) ; ( he lie ) had a hard time getting from the junction of the river to Camp ( Loekhart Lockhart ) ; he ( didn't didnt ) care to go any further . If he had ( wanted wailted ) to go any further , he ( wouldn't wouldnt ) have walked over the hill and carried his stuff out . of there in order to get that ( big- big ) boat . ( R . 1085 . ) |
| Setname |
usa_crc |
| ID |
109444 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109444 |
