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. 0146 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0315a.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 anduntil the bridge was ( 146 14-6 ) built forded the river at ( Parmington arnihigton ) . The bridge wasbuilt nine years ago . ( R . 533-534 . ) During the 1911 flood he was living about two miles north of the San ( Juan Juall ) ( River IRI-Nrer IRINrer ) between it and the Animus . The flood ( washed iasbed ) houses and ( farm fa-mi fami ) crops away and ( some sonic ) livestock . Regular high water occurs from about ( May Afay ) to the middle of June . The flood covered all the ( bot- bot ) ( torn tom ) land for probably ( one-half onehalf ) mile wide in places and maybe wider in some places . Rainwater that causes trouble occurs the 20th of July until ( Octo Octo- Octo ) ¬ ber nearly every year . He has seen the San Juan River once when it was practically dry , about 1904 . ( R . 533-536 . ) ( Cross-examination Crossexamination Cross-exaviination Crossexaviination ) ( R . Vol . 3 , pp . 536-537 ) : There was only one big flood that he knows of in his experience with the river and that is the one he has mentioned and ordinarily there are about three heavy rains a year and during these periods the river rises some . ( R . 536-537 . ) WILLIAM BUTLER 2 Complainant ( ( Record Ilecord ) vol . 3 , pp . ( 537-540 537--540 ) ) He is 67 years of age and resides at Farmington , New Mexico . He has lived at ( Farmington Farniiugton ) , New Mexico since 1901 . , He has been down the San ( Juan Xuan ) River as far as the Four Corners . |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110114 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/110114 |