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Show Cliff Dweller and was of the 18 same draft as the City of Moab . ( R . 754-7 , Vol . 4 . ) Ellsworth L . Kolb testified : In September , 1911 , my brother and I left Green River , Wyoming , with two flat bottom ( 16-foot 16foot ) row boats . ( R . 764-5 , Vol . 4 . ) Between Green River , Wyoming , and Green River , Utah , we noticed different ranches in different sections where boats were tied up to the shore . ( R . 786 , Vol . 4 . ) We made the 24 miles odd to ( Wolverton's Wolvertons ) ranch in one day . ( R . 786 , Vol . 4 . ) Between the San Rafael and Labyrinth Canyon , we frequently ran on to sand bars . Each of us when rowing would be facing upstream , but we would look over our shoulders and pick out what we thought were the deeper channels . ( R . 788-9 , Vol . 4 . ) If we had had some one in the stern who could have kept a lookout , it would have helped . We did not have much trouble in Stillwater Canyon . ( R . 790 , Vol . 4 . ) We ran every rapid in Cataract Canyon without lining either of our boats and without any mishap . ( R . 792 , Vol . 4 . ) 1 recall no difficulty in Narrow Canyon , but from there on down we frequently climbed out to make pictures . ( R . 796 , Vol . 4 . ) We saw three men at Hite and there were three cabins within a few miles of each other . We ( also alsa ) saw Bert Loper in a boat . ( R . 799 , Vol . 4 . ) He had a placer dredge there and some stock . At Warm Creek we noticed twenty men engaged in building a flat bottom steamboat . ( R . 800 , Vol . 4 . ) We left Green River , Wyoming , on September 8 , 1911 , and arrived at Green River , Utah , October 16 . We left Green River , Utah , ( October Oetober ) 19 , and arrived at the mouth of the river October 26 . We left there on October 26 , and arrived at Lees Ferry on November 6 , 1911 . ( R . 809-10 , Vol . 5 . ) On September 11 , 1921 , ( I 1 ) again began a river trip , ( leav- leav ) ing ( Green GreeD ) River , Utah , on that day with the ( U T-J TJ ) . S . G . S . and Edison Electric expedition for the purpose of making a survey of the river for dam sites . ( R . 812 , Vol . 5 . ) There were ten men in that party . We had two ( 18-foot 18foot ) boats with a 41 2 foot beam and a third boat equipped with an outboard motor . ( R . 816-20 , Vol . 5 . ) We had some trouble scraping rocks in the riffles directly below Green River . ( R . 822 , Vol . 5 . ) After we left the mouth of the San Rafael , my notes show that we hit one sand bar . ( R . 823 , Vol . 5 . ) Sometimes we knew there was a channel , but because of the speed of our motor propelled boat we ( didn't didnt ) have a chance |