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Show 1-76 States Geologicat Survey , and his official position is a specialist in stratigraphy and stratigraphic ( palacon- palacon ) tology . He has been on . the Colorado River from Moab down to its junction with the Green , and has been along the banks of most of the part above Moab as far as Glenwood Springs , with the exception of that portion near the Colorado state line that is known as the ( Uncompahgro Uilconipaligre ) Plateau . - The trip from Moab down to the Green River by boat ims made August 4th to 10th , 1926 , with Mr . . C . . E . Turpin . ( R . 3921 . ) The trip stanted August Ith ) , 1926 , in a ( sixteen-foot sixteenfoot ) boat made , he thinks , by the Evinrude people and propelled by an Evinrude outboard motor . He understood that Mr . Turpin purchased the boat from the Evinrude people and had it shipped to Moab . Mr . Turpin operated the boat and he , ( Reeside Iteeside ) , was lookout and observer . . The purpose of the trip was to make a ( recon- recon ) naissance of the geology along the river banks , the nature of the country , whether it would be feasible to take parties down to work out from the river , and and other facts that could be obtained that would be useful for the study of general geological work and for the use of the parties . . There were at that time two parties working on the river ; one north and the other south of the Colorado River , and it was expected that they would both ivork the river and have a map of the banks of the river . . These parties were primarily engaged in . |