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Show ( -Wat Wat ) ( ware warp ) ( cQiiVGniant awivelliant ) getting ( 449 4,49 ) ( through t1irotigh ) , down , to about where ( Freemont Freeniolit ) pass is , ( arid and ) made its exit into the great valley beyond , continuing ( on oil ) down ( to 'to to ) Mountain ( Meadow T"Nicadow TNicadow ) , Utah , from there across the ( Boaver Beaver ) ( Dam D'ani Dani ) ( Mountains Mountailis ) to the Virgin River , down ( ihe -the the ) Virgin , across to Las Vegas , Nevada , and from ( Xas Las ) Vegas , Nevada , over the ( Mojave THojave ) Country to ( Xos Los ) Angeles , about where the railroad now runs , ( -then then ) ( on oil ) up the coast to ( Monterey iMoilterey ) . ( R . 1567- . 1569 . ) The trail left the Virgin River about ( thirty-five thirtyfive ) or forty ( miles iniles ) above the point where the Virgin empties into the Colorado . In all of his ( investigation investigatioil ) of the historic data surrounding the Spanish Trail , ( he lie ) did not find that the Spaniards or the people working ( with ivith ) them ever used the San Juan , the Green or the Colorado River for ( navigation iiavigation ) purposes . ( R . 1569 . ) ( Prom From ) about 1835 there was extensive fur ( trap- trap ) ( ping Tilig ) in and about the Green River and these furs were taken out of the country by pack train , with ( their --their their ) ( ultimate ultiniate ) objective at St . Louis , Missouri . ( ( E 1-Z 1Z ) . ( 1570 10570 ) . ) As the country developed , they had ( other -other other ) trails from the locality of Denver Colorado , , mainly down the Platte and ( Arkansas Arkaiisas ) [ Rivers ] . He never found any ( evidence evideuce ) that the fur traders ever used the Colorado River for trade or travel by boat , ( except xcept ) Ashley , who ( went welit ) down as far as the ( Uintah Uilitall ) ( Basin Dasiii ) on one expedition , and as far as ( he lie ) , ( Dellenbaugh Delleubaugh ) , ( knows hmows ) , the fur traders never used 3' : ( 130T-3 130T3 ) I ( -VOL VOL ) . 1-29 |