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. 0161 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0322b.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 ( nulrtiilT-'i-ifcl nulrtiilTiifcl ) ( -i" i ) * ( J"" J ) j . -' - . * / ( -MM' MM ) . . 161 His father put a water wheel on the river and raised the water out by means of the wheel for irrigation purposes . This was about fifteen miles above Bluff . After the country was settled , livestock tramped down the grass and the timber was cut off the ( head-r headr ) waters and the floods started coming and washed all the farm lands and improvements out . After that all but three families moved away . ( R . 594- 595 . ) He was on the range from the time he went there as a boy . The summer range commences back forty or fifty miles from the river in the vicinity of Bluff Mountain ; in the winter the stock drifts back into the sand flats nearer the river . ( R . 595 . ) He lived in Montezuma about three years , and his father then went down to the mouth of ( Ohinle Chinle ) Wash , about nine miles below Bluff . ( Ohinle Chinle ) ( Wash Wash- Wash ) , is on the one side of the river and the Comb Wash - on the other . There he put up another store . His mother stayed at Montezuma . That was the year after the big flood . ( R . 596-597 . ) He never saw the Indians use boats . His father established a cable ferry across the river at Chinle ( Creek Oreek ) . Because of the erosive ( ac- ac ) ( --31-YoL 31YoL ) 1-11 |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109700 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109700 |