Title |
No. 14 Original, Abstract of the Testimony, vol. 2, pp. 749-1426 |
Subject |
Mines and mineral resources -- Environmental aspects -- Utah; United States -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Utah -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Utah -- 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. 2, pp. 749-1426 |
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/s6k35wbz |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110905 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz |
Title |
Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 1162 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0095a.jpg |
Relation |
No. 14 Original. Abstract in Narrative Form of the Testimony Taken before the Special Master, and filed in His Court by Him, vol. 2, pp. 479-1426 |
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 1162 Immediately following his return to Greenriver , lie made some sliort trips to ( Wolverton's Wolvertons ) Camp , and shortly after this he was away again for soine years ( R . 4609 ) , and came back to Greenriver in 1908 or 1909 . After lie came back he niade a trip ( -oil oil ) the Green River in the ( Marguerite illargiterite ) . . He went from Greenriver to Moab , and took between ( twenty- twenty ) five and thirty men with him . They were ( called' called ) Salt Lake Boosters ; were all Salt Lake business men . . He believes this trip was in 1909 . ( R . 4610 . ) He was one of the crew . After they arrived at ( Moab Mioab ) they came back on the river to ( Wimmer's Wimmers ) Ranch . The Marguerite was ( Wimmer's Wimmers ) boat , and it was left there at the ranch . In 1910 he made a trip down the Green River and up [ Colorado River ] to Indian Creek . He ( be- be ) lieves he had an ( eighteen-foot eighteenfoot ) boat , ( with -with with ) a three and a half or four foot beam . He took his wife and three boys with him . ( R . 4611 . ) . The oldest boy was about fourteen . He guesses the next one was about ten and the other about six . . On the trip with the Salt Lake Boosters there was another boat accompanying the Marguerite . . It was a power boat , but he ( doesn't doesnt ) remember what boat it was . . He believes it was a screw boat . . The Marguerite had a paddle . . ( R . 4612 . ) This was a pleasure trip and he believes it was made in ( Sep- Sep ) tember . They ( didn't didnt ) take any life preservers along with them . ( R . 4613 ) He ( couldn't couldnt ) say just where the picture [ ( Defendant's Defendants ) Exhibit No . 17 ] was taken . . |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109944 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/109944 |